Past Forward: Inspirational Quotes on SUCCESS and FAILURE
Quotes #5: Twin         Impostors: Famous Quotes on Success & Failure
Failure is 1 Step         Away From Success
On our journey home, back to God, we         inevitably meet those two impostors: success and failure.         We all must deal with them as they help us develop our         spiritual muscles and unfold along our path.
Rudyard Kipling said it all: "If         you can keep your head when all about you are losing         theirs and blaming it on you. If you can meet with         Triumph and Disaster and treat those two Impostors just         the same; Yours is the Earth and everything that's in         it."
Everything You Always Wanted to         Know About Success & Failure:
"Each failure brings you one step         closer to success."
   - Zig Ziglar
"I have not failed. I've just         found 10,000 ways that won't work."
   - Thomas Alva Edison
"Failure? I never encountered it.         All I ever met were temporary setbacks."
   - Dottie Walters
"We are not retreating - we are         advancing in another direction."
   - General Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller at the    Battle of Chosin Reservoir
      in    Korea (often attributed to General Douglas MacArthur)
"A winner loses more often than         losers."
   - Anonymous
"Even if you are on the right         track, you'll get run over if you are just standing         still."
   - Will Rogers
"Little minds are subdued by         misfortunes; but great minds rise above them."
   - Washington Irving
"The jealous are troublesome to others,    but torment to themselves."
   - William Penn
"Any man will usually get from other    men just what he is expecting of them.  If he is looking for    friendship he will likely receive it. If his attitude is that    of indifference, it will beget indifference. And if a man    is looking for a fight, he will in all likelihood be    accommodated in that."
   - John Richelsen
"We have a thousand reasons for         failure but not a single excuse."
   - Rudyard Kipling
"Luck is when preparation          meets opportunity."
   - Anonymous
"Those who are free of resentful    thoughts surely find peace."
   - Buddha
"Our life is what our thoughts make it."
   - Marcus Aurelius
"We awaken in others the same attitude of    mind we hold in them."
   - Elbert Hubbard
"There is no such thing as a         problem without a gift in its' hands."
   - Richard Bach
"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters - one         represents danger and one represents opportunity."
   - John F. Kennedy
"A pessimist sees the difficulty         in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in         every difficulty."
   - Sir Winston Churchill
"What appear to be calamities are         often the sources of fortune."
   - Disraeli ("Endymion")
"Obstacles are those things you         see when you take your eyes off your goal."
   - Henry Ford
"I have had l lots of troubles in         my life, most of which never happened."
   - Mark Twain
"When you see ten troubles coming         down the road, nine will fall by the wayside before they         reach you."
   - Bob & Deidre Griswold
"Do not be too timid and squeamish         about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more         experiments you make the better. What if they are a         little coarse, and you may get your coat soiled or torn?         What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt         once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of         a tumble."
   - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Do something and if that does not         work do something else Try, try again."
   - "Frasier Crane"
"Nothing in the world can take the         place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more         common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will         not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education         will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.         Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan         'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems         of the human race."
   - Calvin Coolidge
"To live is to risk dying. To do         is to risk failure.
To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To love is to risk         not being loved in return
To cry is to risk appearing soft and sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement or         rejection.
To place your ideas, dreams, and desires before people is         to risk ridicule.
The greatest omission in life is to risk nothing. The         person who risks nothing gets nothing, has nothing, is         nothing. He may avoid suffering, pain and sorrow, but he         does not learn, grow, live, or love. He is only a slave -         chained by safety - locked away by fear. Only a person         who is willing to risk, not knowing the results, is         alive."
   - Anonymous
"Risk: risk is our business."
   - "Captain James Tiberius         Kirk" ("Star Trek: Classic")
"For you to profit from your         mistakes, you have to get out and make some."
   - Anonymous
"Those that say they never got a         chance never took one."
   - Anonymous
"The galleries are full of         critics. They play no ball. They fight no fights. They         make no mistakes, because they attempt nothing. Down in         the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they         attempt many things. The person who makes no mistakes         lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He is the one         who never, never tries anything new. He is the brake on         the wheel of progress. The very fact that he tries         nothing, takes no chances, does nothing except criticize         those who try is, perhaps, the biggest possible error in         a life-time."
   - Anonymous
"Judge your success by what you had    to give up in order to achieve it."
   - Dalai Lama
"You cannot appreciate the light         unless you have lived through the darkness."
   - Anonymous
"I'm not afraid of storms, for         with them, I'm learning how to sail my ship."
   - Louisa May Alcott
"It is circumstances which show         what men are. Therefore, when a difficulty falls upon         you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has         matched you with a rough young man. For what purpose? you         might ask. So that you may become an Olympic Conqueror;         but it is not accomplished without sweat. ...no man has         had a more profitable difficulty than you have had, if         you choose to make use of it as an athlete would deal         with a young antagonist."
   - Epictetus
"A smooth sea never made a         skillful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and         success qualify for usefulness and happiness. The storms         of adversity, like those of the ocean, rouse the         faculties, and excite the invention, prudence, skill and         fortitude or the voyager. The martyrs of ancient times,         in bracing their minds to outward calamities, acquired a         loftiness of purpose and a moral heroism worth a lifetime         of softness and security."
   - Anonymous
"In the day of prosperity be         joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God hath         set the one against the other, to the end that man should         find nothing after him."
   - Bible: Ecclesiastes (7:14)
"Even though things do not go as         we have planned, they can still work out."
   - "Roz Doyle" (in "Frasier Crane" on the "Memorable         Death of Lupe Velez")
"If we had no winter, the spring         would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste         of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
   - Anne Bradstreet
"... if you want the rainbow, you         gotta put up with the rain."
   - Dolly Parton
"When you do your best, you are         expressing an attribute of God."
   - Sri Harold Klemp
"If a man does his best, what          else is there?"
   - General George S. Patton
"Far away in the sunshine are my         highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look         up and see their beauty, believe in them, and follow         where they lead."
   - Louisa May Alcott
"No one can predict to what         heights you can soar. Even you will not know until you         spread your wings."
   - Anonymous
"We never know how high we are         till we are called to rise;
And then, if we are true to plan, our statures touch the         skies."
   - Emily Dickinson
"Destiny is not a matter of         chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not to be waited         for, it is to be achieved."
   - William Jennings Bryan
"Do what you can, with what you         have, where you are."
   - Theodore Roosevelt
"Love is doing small things with         great love."
   - Mother Teresa of Calcutta
"Some people grin and bear it;         others smile and do it."
   - Anonymous
"I never see what has been done; I         only see what remains to be done."
   - Marie Curie
"Common sense is seeing things as         they are; and doing things as they ought to be."
   - Harriet Beecher Stowe
"There is very little difference         in people - but that little difference makes a big         difference. The little difference is ATTITUDE. The big         difference is whether it is positive or negative."
   - W. Clement Stone
"Your living is determined not so         much by what life brings to you, but as the attitude you         bring to life."
   - John Homer Miller
"If you weigh well the          strengths of our armies you will see that in this battle          we must conquer or die. This is a warrior's resolve. As         for the rest (who choose not to fight), they may live or         be slaves as the gods decide."
   - Queen Boadaceia of Britain
"Reach for the stars and          do not be surprised when you catch one."
   - Anonymous