Henry David Thoreau on failure
“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The universe is wider than our views of it.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau All good things are wild and free.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Things do not change; we change.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Life in us is like the water in a river.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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There is a fallible quality even in the greatest ones,everyone fails once in a while, be it Shah Rukh Khan or Ronaldhino.
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John C. MaxwellJohn C. Maxwell I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.
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PV SindhuPV Sindhu Failing forward is the ability to get back up after you’ve been knocked down, learn from your mistake, and move forward in a better direction.
John C. MaxwellJohn C. Maxwell If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.H. Jackson Brown Jr. Every step I’ve taken has rewarded me with a lesson and every single setback and disruption has straightened out in a manner that befits me.
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