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    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.]

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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. -Robert F. Kennedy.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. -Robert F. Kennedy.

by Robert F. Kennedy Found in: Failure Quotes,
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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.

by Lewis E. Lawes Found in: Failure Quotes,
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[Oxford] Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs and unpopular
names and impossible loyalties.

[Oxford] Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs and unpopular
names and impossible loyalties.

by Matthew Arnold Found in: Failure Quotes,
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We have scorched the snake, not killed it.
She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice
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We have scorched the snake, not killed it.
She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice
Remains in danger of her former tooth.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Failure is success if we learn from it.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

by Malcolm Forbes Found in: Failure Quotes,
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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.

by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Found in: Failure Quotes,
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If this fail,
The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,
And earth's base built on stubble.

If this fail,
The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,
And earth's base built on stubble.

by John Milton Found in: Failure Quotes,
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When all else fails, duck. It's not practical, but it can be
momentarily comforting.

When all else fails, duck. It's not practical, but it can be
momentarily comforting.

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Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Failure Quotes,
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