Quotes with ill-success

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  • John Keats Failure is in a sense the highway to success, as each discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true.
    John Keats
    English poet (1795 - 1821)
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  • Jules Renard Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
    Jules Renard
    French writer (1864 - 1910)
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  • Herbert Kaufman Failure is only postponed success as long as courage ''coaches'' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
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  • Malcolm Forbes Failure is success if we learn from it.
    Malcolm Forbes
    American businessman and publisher (Forbes Magazine) (1919 - 1990)
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  • Truman Capote Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
    Self-Portrait (1972)
    Truman Capote
    American writer (1924 - 1984)
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  • E. M. Forster Failure or success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star or against it, and in the whole universe the only really interesting movement is this wriggle.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • Thomas C. Haliburton Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.
    Thomas C. Haliburton
    Canadian jurist, writer (1796 - 1865)
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  • Vicki Baum Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
    Vicki Baum
    Austrian writer (1888 - 1960)
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  • Allan Bloom Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.
    Allan Bloom
    American writer (1930 - 1992)
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  • Anne Rice First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success.
    Anne Rice
    American author of gothic fiction (1941 - 2021)
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  • Dale Carnegie Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
    Dale Carnegie
    American writer and lecturer (1888 - 1955)
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  • Ethel Barrymore For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.
    Ethel Barrymore
    American actress (1879 - 1959)
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  • Boethius For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy.
    De Consolatione Philosophia Book 2, prose 4
    Boethius
    Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher (480 - 524)
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  • Ben Nelson For many Americans, including many who are employed, going to the doctor when they fall ill or become injured may not be an option because of the absence of health insurance.
    Ben Nelson
    American politician, businessman and lawyer (1941 - )
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  • Britney Spears For me, success is a state of mind. I feel like success isn't about conquering something; it's being happy with who you are.
    Britney Spears
    American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress (1981 - )
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  • Billy Corgan For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • James Allen For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
    James Allen
    British philosophical writer (1864 - 1912)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Thornton Wilder For what human ill does dawn not seem to be alternative?
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Denis Waitley Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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