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    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!

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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.

by Jimmy Carter Found in: Failure Quotes,
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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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He beat the bushes without taking the birds.
[Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.]

He beat the bushes without taking the birds.
[Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.]

by Francois Rabelais Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Never say
"Fail" again.

Never say
"Fail" again.

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How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle! O Jonathan,
thou wast slain in thine high places.

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle! O Jonathan,
thou wast slain in thine high places.

by Bible Found in: Failure Quotes,
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My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay read more

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

by Theodore Roosevelt Found in: Failure Quotes,
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Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

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Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise.
In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
[Lat., Quod read more

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.]

by Sextus Propertius Found in: Failure Quotes,
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