"Success is relative. It is what we make of the mess we have made of things."
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"The path of least resistance is the path of the loser."
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"It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect."
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"To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil."
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"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done."
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"Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others."
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"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
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"Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure."
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"No matter whether failure came A thousand different times, For one brief moment of success, Life rang its golden chimes."
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"Don't waste your time being upset about something you can't change. Begin again and do it better this time."
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"Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best."
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"Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any."
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"It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success."
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"One great cause of failure is lack of concentration."
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"Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death."
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"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone."
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"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest."
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"Success and failure are equally disastrous."
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"Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power."
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"Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success."
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