~ One failure is worth seven and a half successes ~
~ If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know. ~
~ The only failure is not to try. ~
~ Failure is only postponed success as long as courage ''coaches'' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. ~
~ Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ~
~ Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral. ~
~ Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~
~ We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. ~
~ It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done. ~
~ Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some ~