CURATED COLLECTION

Bouncing Back From Failure

Failure is not the opposite of success — it's part of the material success is built from.

63 quotes found

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I was not made for perfection. I was made to try and to be my best.

—Simone BilesAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The only thing to do is write. And endure.

—Roberto BolañoNovelist & Poet

Contemporary ERA • Latin America

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Filmmaking is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. It’s a series of choices.

—Ava DuVernayAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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There's no point in weeping. Grief won't change anything.

—Mikhail SholokhovNovelist

Post-War ERA • Eastern Europe

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My struggles made me stronger, made me who I am. I wouldn't change anything.

—TemsScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally.

—Audrey HepburnActress & Humanitarian

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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I must learn to be content with my lot.

—Jane AustenNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person.

—Simone de BeauvoirExistentialist Philosopher & Feminist

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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Patience is the key to every door; with it, difficulties fade.

—Safi al-Din al-HilliPoet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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The tree that wants to grow must send its roots deep into the earth.

—Sundiata KeitaKing

Medieval ERA • West Africa

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Time does not heal all. It only teaches us to live with the incurable.

—Lya LuftNovelist & Poet

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Patience is the foundation of all endeavors, and success its crown.

—Bayram KhanPoet

Renaissance ERA • Central Asia

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Even in suffering, there was dignity; a quiet, unyielding strength.

—Joseph ZobelNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Caribbean

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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

—Mahatma GandhiLawyer

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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Suffering often makes a person stronger, if they do not break.

—Ding LingFeminist & Writer

Post-War ERA • East Asia

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You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

—Marcus AureliusEmperor & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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It is not that I'm so brave, it is just that I'm too stubborn to quit.

—SenecaPhilosopher, Statesman & Playwright

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

—Virginia WoolfModernist Novelist & Essayist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

—Virginia WoolfModernist Novelist & Essayist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

—Paulo CoelhoNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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