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 have failed by default.

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"Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark. … To have been loved so deeply … will give us some protection forever."

- J. K. Rowling

Love

"“Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark. … To have been loved so deeply … will give us some protection forever.”"

- J. K. Rowling

Love

"To hurt is as human as to breathe."

- J. K. Rowling

Awareness

"Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home."

- J. K. Rowling

Belief

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."

- J. K. Rowling

Hope

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

Failure

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

- Thomas Edison

Failure

"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

Failure

"Trying is the first step toward failure."

- Homer Simpson

Failure

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

- Truman Capote

Failure