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But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Ernest Hemingway1899–1961The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
- Courage
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.
“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”
Ernest Hemingway1899–1961The Sun Also Rises (1926), Book II, Chapter 13In context
- Money
Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
Napoleon Hill1883–1970A maxim of Hill’s, specifically cited as such, in Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude (1960), co-authored with W. Clement Stone, Ch. 14, p. 222.
I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.
THTom Hopkins
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915The Roycraft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams (1923)
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it; so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915
- Success
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927)
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915
Oh, what curse is it that makes everything I touch turn ludicrous and mean?
Henrik Ibsen1828–1906Hedda Gabler (1890), Act Fourth, spoken by HeddaIn context
She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
Henry James1843–1916“Greville Fane”, from The Real Thing: and Other Tales (1893)
- Clever Jabs
I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is precisely why I succeed.
Michael Jordanborn 1963
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Michael Jordanborn 1963
(Of Shakespeare) A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
James Joyce1882–1941Ulysses (1922) (243)
- Genius
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
Carl Jung1875–1961
- Knowledge
I don’t take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again.
Kareena Kapoorborn 1980“I am already married: Kareena Kapoor”, Hindustan Times (13 October 2012).
- Success