A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

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- B.F. Skinner

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""A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.""

- B.F. Skinner

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"You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character."

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"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work."

- Thomas Edison

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"We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success."

- Arianna Huffington

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"Trying is the first step toward failure."

- Homer Simpson

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"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

- Truman Capote

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