Failure

Success consists of going from failure to failure
without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

A man can fail many times,
but he isn't a failure until he
begins to blame somebody else.
- John Burroughs

Remember that not getting what you want
is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Understand the difference between "failing,"
which each of us does often,
and "being a failure,"
which is a state of mind no one should
ever allow themself to fall into.

Sometimes you get the results you wanted,
sometimes you don't.
What matters is that you did your best.

Know that your true self,
a spiritual being,
is always perfect.

Further reading: What is Failure

Wayne Dyer on Failure

Failure? Never

George Washington Carver on Failure

Robert F. Kennedy on Failure

Failure Quotes

Success Quotes

True Self Quotes

Success is not final, failure is not fatal - Winston Churchill

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

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

Another sunrise, another new beginning.
- jlh

Whatever happens, always look to tomorrow - with courage and optimism.

Further reading: How to Feel Good About Yourself

What to Do When Your Whole World is Falling Apart?

How to Cope with Loneliness - 10 Tips for Coping with Feeling Lonely

Quotes about Moving On
New Beginning Quotes
No Regrets Quotes
Relationship Quotes
Quotes about Being Happy

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. - John Burroughs

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
- John Burroughs

Leap, and the net will appear.
- John Burroughs

If you think you can do it, you can.
- John Burroughs

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
- John Burroughs

Today's affirmation: I accept that no one else has ever been to blame for either my joy or my suffering. The entire cause of all my joys and all my sufferings is my own emotional response to the events of my life.

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*** Book of the Day: The Art of Seeing Things by John Burroughs

Further reading: Breaking the Cycle of Self-Inflicted Suffering

Stop Anger Before Anger Stops You: 7 Secrets to Cope With Anger

Robert A. Heinlein: One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
- Robert A. Heinlein

Sadly, it is human nature to measure success by comparison with our neighbors. A consequence of this tendency is the instinct to wish for others to fail and our own status to therefore appear higher by comparison.

Strive to cheer whenever others succeed and to avoid viewing your own achievements in comparison to others.

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Further reading: Mary Anne Radmacher: As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.

Lao Tzu: The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

Caring - Kindness - Compassion - Appreciation ... It is my choice to care deeply about others. - jlh

Winston Churchill: Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

What is failure? As the Churchill quote illuminates, a failure is neither permanent nor a blot on one's character. A failure is simply the state of not reaching a particular goal.

Choose to adopt the attitude that sports teams do toward failure. In each game, one team succeeds and one fails. Then the next week they both get out a play again. Life is also a game - with some successes and some failures.

Don't think of failing to meet a goal as something terrible, but merely as this week's box score, and then get ready to play next week's game.

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Further reading: The Eye-of-the-Storm

Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is - jlh

Lao Tzu: A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Wayne Dyer quotes: Failure does not exist

Failure does not exist. Failure is simply someone else's opinion of how a certain act should have been completed. Once you believe that no act must be performed in any specific other-directed way, then failing becomes impossible. - Wayne Dyer

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb

Further reading: Failure? Never

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone - Bill Cosby

Robert F. Kennedy quote: Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly

George Washington Carver quotes: Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
- George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver (January 1864 – January 5, 1943), an American botanist and inventor who was born into slavery, revolutionized the previously cotton-based agriculture of the Southern United States through his research into and promotion of peanuts and sweet potatoes. He is noted for inventing or commercializing over 100 varied products made from peanuts.

There are a hundred valid reasons why something can't be done, but only one reason, Commitment, why it can.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

** Book of the day: Simply An Inspired Life: Consciously Choosing Unbounded Happiness in Good Times and Bad

Further reading: Practice makes perfect - sometimes

Vince Lombardi quote: Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is

Amelia Earhart: Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done

Affirmations of an Inspired Life - Young-Adult Version

Robert F. Kennedy quote: Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F. Kennedy

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
- Anonymous

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb

Can you achieve your goals? You can't reach your goal if you haven't defined your goals. And you can't succeed if you don't try - and then pick yourself up and try again each time you fail.

Put your best into your life, and you will be rewarded with happiness regardless of the final score.

Failure? Never

Sometimes life doesn't go the way you want. Your great life-work may sink and sway. "Failure" is an ugly word. Think of those projects that did not turn out as you intended as lessons. Most important, never, even for a moment, consider insulting yourself or any other person with the "F" word.

Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Whenever you say or even think, "This is hard," that task or challenge becomes difficult. Dread it, and it becomes terrifying.

When you choose to move past fear - fear of failure, fear of embarrassment, fear of "looking bad," fear of losing respect - life becomes much lighter, and most any task becomes possible - perhaps even enjoyable. Most any challenge can become an adventure of discovery.