"If you're afraid of failing you won't get very far"
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"Only the unimaginative can fail to find a reason for drinking Champagne"
"If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail."
"Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings."
"The one who fails to prepare is preparing to fail."
"What would you dare to dream if you knew you wouldn't fail?"
"Remind yourself that you cannot fail at being yourself."
"If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick."
"The moment you believe your own crap and excuses, you fail."
"Only those who have the courage to fail greatly achieve greatly."
"There is a limit where the intellect fails and breaks down, and this limit is where the questions concerning God and freewill and immortality arise."
"To fail to do good is as bad as doing harm."
"The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes."
"There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail"
"We do not make changes for the sake of making them, but we never fail to make a change when once it is demonstrated that the new way is better than the old way."
"A man, if he be active and energetic, can hardly fail also, be he never so selfish, of benefiting the general public interest."
"You must always be prepared. Make sure to look at things from all angles. If you are not prepared you will fail."
"Rashness succeeds often, still more often fails."
"My faith is the only thing that never fails me."
"I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally."