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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.
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. read more
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.
Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.
Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I read more
I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
 Here's to the men who lose!
 What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd
  And watched read more 
 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! 
 And each forgets, as he strips and runs
 With a brilliant, fitful pace,
  It's the steady, quiet, read more 
 And each forgets, as he strips and runs
 With a brilliant, fitful pace,
  It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones
   Who win in the lifelong race.
    And each forgets that his youth has fled,
     Forgets that his prime is past,
      Till he stands one day, with a hope that's dead,
       In the glare of the truth at last. 
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Failure is success if we learn from it.
Failure is success if we learn from it.