Failure

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Failure is a state of mind. It's like one of those sand traps an ant lion digs. You keep sliding back. Takes one hell of a jump to get out of it.

The Winter of Our Discontent
All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Worstward Ho
Rust is the failure of the work of man. The project, the venture, the experiment: failed, given up on, and not cleaned up after.

House of Meetings
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
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.

On People Management (1984)
Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
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