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“It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.”

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Author:Andre Gide

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”

Source: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886: With a Memoir by His Sister-in-law, J. Van Gogh-Bonger ...

“For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.”

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Book:Mary Kay

Source: Mary Kay

“Never fear, inevitably we shall have our years of failure, and when they arrive, we must reveal tolerance and sanity. No matter the days of anxiety that come our way, we shall emerge stronger because of the trials to be overcome.”

“Our very success, gained you will agree by skill, will draw more people than ever to see it. And that will benefit many more clubs than Rangers. Let the others come after us. We welcome the chase. It is healthy for us. We will never hide from it. Never fear, inevitably we shall have our years of failure, and when they arrive, we must reveal tolerance and sanity. No matter the days of anxiety that come our way, we shall emerge stronger because of the trials to be overcome. That has been the philosophy of the Rangers since the days of the gallant pioneers.”

“I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it”

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Author:Reggie Jackson

“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.”

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Author:Lou Holtz

“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.”

Source: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

“I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.”

“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.”

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

Book:The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

“The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.”

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Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

Source: Heretics Of Dune: The Fifth Dune Novel

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”

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Book:Truman Capote: Conversations

Source: Truman Capote: Conversations

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.”

“When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.”

Source: Mary Kay

“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”

“Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.”

“When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.”

“The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.”

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Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“You can never become a great man or woman until you have overcome anxiety, worry, and fear. It is impossible for an anxious person, a worried one, or a fearful one to perceive truth; all things are distorted and thrown out of their proper relations by such mental states, and those who are in them cannot read the thoughts of God.”

Source: The Science of Being Great: Personal Self-Help Book of Wallace D. Wattles (Unabridged): From one of The New Thought pioneers, author of The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Well, How to Get What You Want, Hellfire Harrison, How to Promote Yourself and A New Christ

“So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.”

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Author:W. Clement Stone