Fail Again, Try Again but Fail Better

 
 

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Albert Einstein

 

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Samuel Beckett

 

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

Henry Ward Beecher

 

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Bill Cosby

 

There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Joe Strummer

 

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

Ann Landers

 

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

Stephen Leacock

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Horace Mann

 

To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams... This is success!

Sasha Azevedo

 

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

James Whitcomb Riley

 

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose - a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.

John C. Maxwell

 

 

 

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