"The fear of failure is a liability."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Failure, Fear, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council."

Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian Public Servant

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"We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world."

Charles Kettering, American Inventor

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"Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again."

Henry Ford, American Businessman

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"Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty."

Lillian Hellman, American Dramatist

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"Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?"

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

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"Failure is not the opposite of success, inaction is."

Rob Liano, American Author

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"Poverty is a mathematical proof of the fact that mankind is a big failure!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"I failed to make the chess team because of my height."

Woody Allen, American Director

Failure, Chess

"The only failure is giving up."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Every artist takes their final work to the grave."

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"Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as beautiful as she is)."

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"A humanitarian seldom makes a good lover. For a lover's world revolves around their lover, while a humanitarian's world revolves around the world."

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"The second most dangerous thing about money is that it leaves most of the people who have a lot of it with the unshakable belief that they are intelligent and well informed. The most dangerous thing about it is that it leaves most of the people who do not have a lot of money with the very same belief."

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"What to wear: An employee chooses. How to dress: His employer chose."

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"Man is more likely to believe an opinion that he wanted to hear - than a fact that he wishes was an opinion."

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"For breakfast to be called 'in bed' instead of 'on top of a bed,' the house in which it is about to be eaten has to have at least two rooms (excluding the kitchen); (at least) three, if it has a bathroom."

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"Capitalism has turned human beings into commodities. To the owner of a restaurant: the cook and a bag of potatoes are equally important."

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"I am against justice - whenever it is carried out by a mob."

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"An employer's fart is music to his employees' ears."

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