Inspirational Success Failure Quotes

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.154, A&C Black

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If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

James Cameron

Inspirational, Motivational, Monday

"Man of Extremes". Interview with Dana Goodyear, www.newyorker.com. October 26, 2009.

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All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life, Motivational, Positive

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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

Henry Ford

Love, Inspirational, Life

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It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Bill Gates

Inspirational, Success, Motivation

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Bill Gates

Leadership, Business, Motivation

Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Vincent Van Gogh

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

Herbert Bayard Swope

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self Esteem, Careers, Will And Determination

Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Brian Tracy

Inspirational, Motivational, Eye

Brian Tracy, Azim Jamal (2016). “What You Seek Is Seeking You”, p.139, Jaico Publishing House

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Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

Donald Trump

Success, Veterans Day, Motivation

Donald Trump (2016). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.165, Random House

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Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

George Edward Woodberry

Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports

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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

Oprah Winfrey

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

Elbert Hubbard

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen" by Elbert Hubbard, (p. 370), 1898.

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"From Telegraph to Light Bulb with Thomas Edison". Book by Deborah Headstrom-Page, 2007.

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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

Woody Allen

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"Shakespeare, Woody Allen And A Certain Qantas A380" by Christine Negroni, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 23, 2012.

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You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

Richard Branson

Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

Richard Branson (2010). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin

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I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

George Burns

Inspirational, Cute, Positive

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A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

John Burroughs

Inspirational, Positive, Running

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Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

George Washington Carver

Inspirational, Motivational, Badass

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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Truman Capote

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.189, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Dale Carnegie

Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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