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.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

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.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.

I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.

He that is down can fall no lower.

He that is down can fall no lower.

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.

"All honor to him who shall win the prize,"
The world has cried for a thousand years;
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"All honor to him who shall win the prize,"
The world has cried for a thousand years;
But to him who tries and fails and dies,
I give great honor and glory and tears.