377 quotes found
“A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice as well as of virtue to inspire him.”
“The causes of mistakes are "I didn't know" "I didn't think" and "I didn't care."”
“Failures are divided into two classes: those who thought and never did and those who did and never thought.”
“A failure establishes only this that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.”
“Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures. They are the weakest however strong who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.”
“Defeat is a thing of weariness of incoherence of boredom.”
“The man who fails because he aims astray or because he does not aim at all is to be found everywhere.”
“I cannot give you the formula for success but I can give you the formula for failure: try to please everybody.”
“If your project doesn't work look for the part that you didn't think was important.”
“We have forty million reasons for failure but not a single excuse.”
“Most men fail not through lack of education but from lack of dogged determination from lack of dauntless will.”
“Most people don't plan to fail they fail to plan.”
“Failure is not sweet but it need not be bitter.”
“If any good results to a man from believing a lie it certainly comes from the honesty of his belief.”
“And what if I did run my ship aground oh still it was splendid to sail it!”
“It is not easy but you have to be willing to make mistakes. And the earlier you make those mistakes the better.”
“If you're gonna be a failure at least be one at something you enjoy.”
