"He will know from and early age that failure is not disgrace. It's just a pitch that you missed, and you'd better get ready for the next one. The next one might be the shot heard round the world. My son and I are Americans, we prepare for glory by failing until we don't."

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"He will know from and early age that failure is not disgrace. It's just a pitch that you missed, and you'd better get ready for the next one. The next one might be the shot heard round the world. My son and I are Americans, we prepare for glory by failing until we don't."

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"Don't you see? You and he might never cross paths again. Of course, a chance meeting could occur, and I hope it happens. I really do, for your sake. But realistically speaking, you have to see there's a huge possibility you'll never be able to meet him again. And even if you do meet, he might already be married to somebody else. He might have two kids. Isn't that so? And in that case, you may have to live the rest of your life alone, never being joined with the one person you love in all the world. Don't you find that scary?"

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"The shark had never begged Jonah in order to get him swallowed; Jonah's own actions took him into the shark's belly! Failure may not chase after you, but when you miss your way, you will rather go chasing failure!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"We can't have a failure in Iraq, but we also can't be there for the next 10 years because if we are, it's going to become, I think, a failure in and of itself."

Dennis Ross, American Diplomat

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"Remember that failure is an event, not a person."

Zig Ziglar, American Author

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"Rather than allowing your failures to define you, learn from your experience to do better next time."

Susan C. Young, American Author

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"There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

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"Failure is impossible."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

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"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

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"My reputation grows with every failure."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure."

George Edward Woodberry, American Critic

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