The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide.

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Successful men usually snatch success from seeming failure. If they know there is such a...

Successful men usually snatch success from seeming failure. If they know there is such a...

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our...

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our...

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not...

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not...

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want...

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want...

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures...

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures...

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

Failure is not the worst thing in the world. The very worst thing not to...

Failure is not the worst thing in the world. The very worst thing not to...

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Nothing succeeds like -- failure.

Nothing succeeds like -- failure.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything...

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything...

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science...

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science...

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness.

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness.

The only failure is not to try.

The only failure is not to try.

To all the students who drop out and failed high school: Remember two things; 1)...

To all the students who drop out and failed high school: Remember two things; 1)...

It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is...

It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is...