William Shakespeare on failure
“There’s an old saying that applies to me: you can’t lose a game if you don’t play the game.”
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Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare I do desire we may be better strangers.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare I do desire we may be better strangers.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird’s life, it sings away its grief. I believe we could well follow the pattern of our feathered friends.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is!
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare Strong reasons make strong actions.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare Nothing comes from doing nothing.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare Of all the flowers, me thinks a rose is best.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare Lord, what fools these mortals be!
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare All things are ready, if our mind be so.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare
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CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
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More on failure
I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That’s their mistake, not my failing.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don’t tell him the truth. Others won’t do it.
Donald RumsfeldDonald Rumsfeld The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
John Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill CosbyBill Cosby You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It’s their mistake, not my failing.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman But as I’ve said, failure is a feeling long before it’s an actual result. And for me, it felt like that’s exactly what she was planting—a suggestion of failure long before I’d even tried to succeed.
Michelle ObamaMichelle Obama The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
Jocko WillinkJocko Willink