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Monday Memories: Lessons From Failure

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Around life’s corner

Failure’s waiting train

Our very fiber

Split open with pain

 

Chasing newest dreams

Success sometimes waits

Failure comes knocking

What will be life’s fate?

 

Unavoidable

Failure hitting hard

Inevitable

Drawing life’s harsh card

 

Fear of failure breathes

Spreading, holds us back

Life fogging over

Success now off track

 

Vulnerable vibes

Feeling passed over

Alone in darkness

Where’s life’s sweet clover?

 

Lessons from failure

Past trials teach us

Embrace them and learn

Ride fortitude’s bus

 

With renewed purpose

Learn while improving

Plus motivation

Success now moving

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From the words of American writer, Meg Dowell:  “Failure will teach you to be vulnerable.  Failure will show you what it means to chase a dream.  More importantly, your past failures will change the way you value your successes.”

Mario Andretti Quotes

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It takes a lifetime to build a tradition.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

Mario Andretti (born 1940) is an American race car driver.  Now retired, his career is one of the most successful in all of auto racing.

F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

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I never blame failure–there are too many complicated situations in life–but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.

Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American novelist and short story writer.  Much of his best writing occurred during the Jazz Age, with THE GREAT GATSBY being recognized as his best work.

Helen Keller Quotes

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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Be of good cheer.  Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.

Helen Keller (1880-1968) was an American author and lecturer.  Her own journey through blindness and deafness encouraged her to advocate for the rights of others who live with disabilities.  

Louisianians Quotes

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Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) Jazz musician, trumpeter, and vocalist.  

All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard a horse sing a song.

Cokie Roberts (1943-2019) Journalist and author.

Women rely on friends.  That’s where we draw sustenance and find safety.  We can count on our women friends when we need a good laugh or a good cry.

Truman Capote (1924-1984) Author, screenwriter, and playwright.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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Graham Greene Quotes

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Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.

It is impossible to go through life without trust:  that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

Graham Greene (1904-1991) was an English writer and journalist.  He has been regarded as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.

Pathway Toward Success

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American baseball legend, George Herman “Babe” Ruth, had a simple philosophy as a hitter:  “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.”  In his major league career, he endured many, many strikeouts, but he also hit record numbers of home runs.

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Journey’s imperfections

Discovering each day

Simple philosophy

Always swinging away

 

Freedom to meet failure

Swinging again with might

Confidence maturing

Baseball rises in flight

 

Pathway toward success

Achieving one more dream

Every strikeout teaches

Lessons ride each sunbeam

 

Vision’s bright tomorrow

Learning from yesterday

New challenges arrive

Inning’s next double play

 

Courage stepping out front

Embracing today’s game

Fearless in attitude

Humbleness blends with fame

 

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Jerry Seinfeld Quotes

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Keep your head up in failure and your head down in success.

You can be passionate about anything.

Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer.  He is best known for his work on the television sitcom “Seinfeld” (1989-1998).

Helen Keller Quotes

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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.

Helen Keller (1880-1968) was an American author and lecturer.  Her own journey through blindness and deafness encouraged her to advocate for the rights of others who live with disabilities.  

Charles Swindoll Quote

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God will use failure in your life to break down that strong desire in your heart to see your name in lights.  And when He finally breaks you of that lust for recognition, He may place you before the lights like you’ve never imagined.  But then it won’t matter.  You won’t care if you’re prime time of small time, center stage or backstage, leading the charge or packing the baggage.  You’re just part of the king’s army.

From Galatians 5:26:  “Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.”