Quote by George Eliot
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. – George Eliot

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It is in these acts called trivialities that the seeds of joy are forever wasted, until men and women look round with haggard faces at the devastation their own waste has made, and say, the earth bears no harvest of sweetness — calling their denial knowledge. – George Eliot

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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. – George Eliot

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Im very comfortable with failure. Im very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people. – Steven Soderbergh

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There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows. – Frederic William Farrar

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I have a tendency to sabotage relationships I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts. – Michael Buble

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To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce. – Mark Edwards

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He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me — those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. – Buddha

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If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent if you believe the military, nothing is safe. – Lord Salisbury

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