Failure
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Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy.
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.
We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.
Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.
Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.
I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization and growth.
I don't take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again.
Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt like a failure. But it was actually really important for me to go through that. Struggle, for me, is the most inspirational thing in the world at the end of the day — as long as you treat it that way.
Without failure there is no achievement.
Failure is central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation. Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail.
Since the global financial crisis and recession of 2007-2009, criticism of the economics profession has intensified. The failure of all but a few professional economists to forecast the episode — the aftereffects of which still linger — has led many to question whether the economics profession contributes anything significant to society.
Lead yourself whenever your boss' leadership deteriorates. When your boss doesn't praise what you do, praise yourself. When your boss doesn't make you big, make yourself big. Remember, if you have done your best, failure does not count.
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within'. I've made this my motto. I've internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn't depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure.