"Every day that we fail to live out the maximum of our potentialities we kill the Shakespeare, Dante, Homer, Christ which is in us."
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"You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love."
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"I believe that Icarus was not failing as he fell, but just coming to the end of his triumph."
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"Jesus will not fail me, I shall not be moved."
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"Nobody adopts antisocial behaviour unless they fear that they will fail if they remain on the social side of life."
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"Success comes from continuing to strive, fail and learn without losing enthusiasm."
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"Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living."
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"Kindness to children, love for children, goodness to children-- these are the only investments that never fail."
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"Some are born to fail. Others have it thrust upon them."
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"Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never."
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"...when everything else fails, we communicate in the language of the stars"
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"The only thing missing from your life is what you're failing to bring to it."
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"Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper."
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"If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure"
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"Your friends will notice at once that glib vacuities fail to impress, and hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth it."
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"When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything."
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"Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled with wonders."
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"If one has made a mistake, and fails to correct it, one has made a greater mistake."
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"You do not fail in life, you only produce results, and you have the right to learn and grow from any results that you produce."
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"I can't tell you how to succeed, but I can tell you how to fail: Try to please everybody."
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