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Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About Embracing Mistakes

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
Henry Ford

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
Michael Jordan

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Henry Ford

Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way.
Al Franken

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela

It's not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.
Zig Ziglar

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About Learning From Setbacks

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Truman Capote

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About Finding Strength In Vulnerability

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.
Brené Brown

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default.
J.K. Rowling

Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome.
Brené Brown

We are all failures- at least the best of us are.
J.M. Barrie

Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also being open to the bounty and beauty.
Julia Cameron

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About The Power Of Resilience

It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs.
Jillian Michaels

The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the story you tell yourself that you can't achieve it.
Jordan Belfort

Believe you can and you're halfway there.
Theodore Roosevelt

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About The Importance Of Self-Reflection

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About The Beauty Of Imperfection

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.
J.K. Rowling

The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people.
Unknown

The beauty of imperfection is that it is real.
Unknown

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Marilyn Monroe

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About The Journey Of Self-Discovery

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates

The only journey is the one within.
Rainer Maria Rilke

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About The Role Of Failure In Success

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes it's built on catastrophe.
Sumner Redstone

It's not about how hard you can hit; it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
Rocky Balboa

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About The Courage To Try Again

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Henry Ford

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'
Mary Anne Radmacher

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About The Value Of Perseverance

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
Buddha

I have failed again and again throughout my life. That's why I've been successful.
Michael Jordan

Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.
Roy T. Bennett

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
Julie Andrews

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About The Wisdom Of Failure

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
Zig Ziglar

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About The Growth Mindset

Failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.
Arianna Huffington

I have not failed. I've just found ways that won't work.
Maya Angelou

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About The Importance Of Self-Compassion

You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes.
John Wooden

Be kind to yourself in the midst of your struggles. You are doing the best you can.
Unknown

Failure And Self-Discovery Quotes About The Journey To Self-Acceptance

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
Christian D. Larson

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