You may be

You may be disappointed if you fail,
but you are doomed if you don't try.

~ Beverly Sills

Let me give you

"Let me give you a bit of warning: just because you get very good at your training it should not go to your head that you are an expert. Remember, actual sparring is the ultimate, and the training is, only a means toward this. Besides running, one should also do exercises for the stomach - sit-ups, leg raises, etc. Too often one of those big-belly masters will tell you that his internal power has sunk to his stomach; he's not kidding, it is sunk and gone! To put it bluntly, he is nothing but fat and ugly."

~ Bruce Lee

Try not

"Try not.
Do or do not."

~Yoda

Try again

"Try again,
fail again.
Fail better."

~Samuel Beckett

What

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

~Dr Robert Schuller

The majority of men

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

~Napoleon Hill

So, the whole idea

So, the whole idea, you see, is that everything's falling apart, so don't try and stop it. When you're falling off a precipice, it doesn't do you any good to hang onto a rock that's falling with you. See? But everything is doing that. And so, again, this is another case of our completely wasting our energy in trying to prevent the world from falling apart. Don't do it. And then you'll be able to do something interesting with the free energy.

~Alan Watts

I've missed more than 9,000 shots

I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

— Michael Jordan

I dread success

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.

~George Bernard Shaw

Something in human nature

Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.

~Ross Perot

Virtually nothing

Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. The only time you don't want to fail is the last time you try something.... One fails forward toward success.

— Charles F. Kettering

Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures

Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures before final success. What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence. There are a lot of people out there with good and marketable ideas, but pure entrepreneurial types almost never accept defeat.

— Lisa M. Amos

If at first

"If at first you don't succeed,
find out if the loser gets anything."

~Bill Lyon

If at first

"If at first you don't succeed,
do it like your mother told you."

~Author Unknown

If at first

"If at first you don't succeed,
try, try again. Then quit.
There's no point in being a damn fool about it."

~W. C. Fields

If at first

"If at first you don't succeed,
destroy all evidence that you tried."

~unknown

The strength of the Ringbearer

The strength of the Ringbearer is failing. In his heart, Frodo begins to understand. The quest will claim his life. You know this. You have foreseen it. It is the risk we all took. In the gathering dark, the will of the Ring grows strong. It works hard now to find its way back into the hands of men.

~Galadriel, The Lord of the Rings

God assures us

God assures us that his angels are always nearby, ready to help. This is what matters.

~Timothy Jones

As students of life

As students of life we never pass or fail; we just become more aware of our possibilities.

~David Bolen

The more defects

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.

~Marquis De Sade