Quote by Alice James
The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems

The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape. – Alice James

Other quotes by Alice James

How sick one gets of being good, how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours embody selfishness. – Alice James

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respect
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One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. – Alice James

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Medical
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Other Quotes from
Failure
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To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. – James Allen

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Failure

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just dont know if Im the monarch of all I survey. – Sylvester Stallone

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Failure

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure. – Elias Canetti

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Failure

So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse. – John Drinkwater

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Failure

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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. – M. Kathleen Casey

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Broken Hearts

The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a Democratic issue. – Saxby Chambliss

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Intelligence

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying. – Francis Bacon

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Effort

We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I look upon as a mere crowd…from whom there is nothing to be expected but fleeting emotions. – Sarah Bernhardt

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Commitment