W. Somerset Maugham Quotes About Failure

Quotes about: Failure

• The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Inspirational, Success, Congratulations

  Summing Up (1938) p. 187

• Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Inspirational, Life, Failure

• Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Failure, Character, Men

• To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Courage, Failure, Inspiration

• To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give... You will find that people forget the failures of others very quickly.... My last piece of advice is not to let anyone see your mortification, but whatever you fancy people are saying about you to go on with your ordinary life as though nothing unpleasant had happened to you.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Failure, Character, People

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