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    We have scorched the snake, not killed it.
    She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice
    Remains in danger of her former tooth.

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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

by Colin Powell Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

by John Wooden Found in: Failure Quotes,
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I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.

I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.

by Bobby Rahal Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

by Henry Ford Found in: Failure Quotes,
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I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Here's to the men who lose!
What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd
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Here's to the men who lose!
What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd
And watched with zealous care;
No glorious halo crowns their efforts grand--
Contempt is Failure's share!

by G.l. Scarborough Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.

Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.

by John Charles Salak Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise.
In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
[Lat., Quod read more

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise.
In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
[Lat., Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certe
Laus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.]

by Sextus Propertius Found in: Failure Quotes,
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The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

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