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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The read more
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything--and it works.
The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything--and it works.
He ploughs in sand, and sows against the wind,
That hopes for constant love of woman kind.
He ploughs in sand, and sows against the wind,
That hopes for constant love of woman kind.
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.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
He beat the bushes without taking the birds.
[Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.]
He beat the bushes without taking the birds.
[Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.]
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.]
You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
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You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.
If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.