“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”— Napoleon Hill, amazon.com
“If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“I’ve been shot down so many times I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself.”— Shane Koyczan, blog.ted.com
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default.”— J.K. Rowling, news.harvard.edu
“My son and I are Americans, we prepare for glory by failing until we don't.”— Craig Ferguson, amazon.com
“There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.”— Michael J Fox, books.google.com
“Every failure I have considered my own, but every success has been shared.”— Michael J Fox, amazon.com
“Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, 'So what'. That's one of my favorite things to say. So what.”— Andy Warhol, amazon.com
“When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a bad place to be. You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.”— Randy Pausch, amazon.com
“The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.”— Randy Pausch, amazon.com
“It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit...and keep moving forward.”— Randy Pausch, amazon.com
“Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.”— Randy Pausch, amazon.com
“It is sometimes a mistake to climb; it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt. If you do not climb, you will not fall. This is true. But is it that bad to fail, that hard to fall?”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“Always worth it to have tried, even if you fail, even if you fall like a meteor forever. Better to have flamed in the darkness, to have inspired others, to have lived, than to have sat in the darkness, cursing the people who borrowed, but did not return, your candle.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“Humble in our aspirations. Gracious in our success. Resilient in our failures.”— Ryan Holiday, amazon.com