Keep Your Head Up in Failure

 


When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

Leo Burnett

 

The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret.

Nido R Qubein

 

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

Ali ibn Abi Talib

 

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Pythagoras

 

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Soren Kierkegaard

 

The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for.

Tucker Max

 

You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.

Herman Edwards

 

To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.

Timothy Keller

 

When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.

Byron Katie

 

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

Jerry Seinfeld

 

 

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