"Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive."

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"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."

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"I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate."

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"Success is never permanent, and failure is never final."

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"Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers."

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"Appear to know only this,--never to fail nor fall."

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"No man is a failure who is enjoying life."

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"There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail."

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"Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant--the digitalis of failure."

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"I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy."

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"The possibility that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just."

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"Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing taking."

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