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Quote by John Burroughs
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying. – John Burroughs

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Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. – John Burroughs

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Society
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I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see. – John Burroughs

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Thinking of You
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The fact that The Bridge contains folk lore and other material suitable to the epic form need not therefore prove its failure as a long lyric poem, with interrelated sections. – Hart Crane

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You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future. – An Wang

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It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes… we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions – especially selfish ones. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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I was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as Im trying my best. So Ive had a blood, guts and glory approach through my whole life. – Ali Larter

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