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  Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• But I hate the way our identity has changed. We used to establish the run and wear teams down and try not to make mistakes, and we’d rely on our defense to keep us in the game and make big plays to put us in position to win. Kyle Orton might not be the flashiest quarterback, but the guy is a winner, and that formula worked for us. I hate to say it, but that’s the truth.

  Brian Urlacher

  Running, Hate, Mistake

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• This is total war. We are fighting a variety of enemies. There are lots of them out there. All this talk about first we are going to do Afghanistan, then we will do Iraq... this is entirely the wrong way to go about it. If we just let our vision of the world go forth, and we embrace it entirely and we dont try to piece together clever diplomacy, but just wage a total war... our children will sing great songs about us years from now.

  John Pilger

  Song, Children, Clever

  John Pilger (2003). “The New Rulers of the World”, p.10, Verso

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• 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.

  B. F. Skinner

  Education, Perseverance, Giving Up

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  You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

  Beverly Sills

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Incredible Quotations: 230 Thought-Provoking Quotes with Prompts to Spark Students' Writing, Thinking, and Discussion". Book by Jacqueline Sweeney, 1997.

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  I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

  Bill Cosby

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Quoted in Barbara Rowes, The Book of Quotes (1979)

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  Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.59, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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  You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.

  Mick Jagger

  Desire, Needs, Want

  FaceBook post by Mick Jagger from Jun 15, 2012

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• Doing your best means never stop trying.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Hard Work, Mean, Kids

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  I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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• Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.

  Lloyd Jones

  Inspirational, Success, Courage

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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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• Keep these concepts in mind: You've failed many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim. Don't worry about failure. My suggestion to each of you: Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

  Sherman Glenn Finesilver

  Failure, Recovery, Remember You

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• You cannot sincerely try to help another without helping yourself

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Helping, Social Work, Help Yourself

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• What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Being Strong, Confidence, Courage

  Vincent van Gogh, Vincent Willem Gogh (1927). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886: With a Memoir by His Sister-in-law, J. Van Gogh-Bonger ...”

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• Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.

  William Faulkner

  Inspirational, Running, Dream

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• I try. I am trying. I was trying. I will try. I shall in the meantime try. I sometimes have tried. I shall still by that time be trying.

  Diane Glancy

  Perseverance, Sometimes, Stills

  Diane Glancy at the 23rd Annual University of North Dakota Writers Conference, digital.undwritersconference.org. March 19, 1992.

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• Never give up on your dream...Perseverance is all important. If you don't have the desire and the belief in yourself to keep trying after you've been told you should quit, you'll never make it.

  Tawni O'Dell

  Inspirational, Success, Dream

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• Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Money

  "23 Leadership Tips From Oprah Winfrey" by John Greathouse, www.forbes.com. September 27, 2012.

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  Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

  Samuel Beckett

  Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging

  1983 Worst ward Ho.

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• If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.

  Anita Roddick

  Inspirational, Graduation, Encouraging

  "Bloody Wonderful: Goodbye, Anita Roddick" by Brooke Shelby Biggs, www.motherjones.com. September 11, 2007.

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• If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.

  Tom Rath

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

  Tom Rath, Barry Conchie (2008). “Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

  Gustav Mahler

  Funny, Music, Expression

  Letter to Max Marschalk, March 26, 1896.

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