#lure

Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#inspirational

Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to failure. ↗

— David Brooks

#life

To live a creative life we must first lose the fear of being wrong. ↗

— Joseph Chilton Pearce

#creativity #fear-of-failure #life

When we give ourselves permission to fail..we at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel. ↗

— Eloise Ristad

#eloise-ristad #failure #life #success #life

Only God can take our failures and turn them into victories. ↗

— Evinda Lepins

#god #life-quotes #victories #life

Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#failure #life

An event in which you did not achieve your desired outcome (definition of failure). ↗

— Steven K. Scott

#life #life

I must admit that you fascinate me, Superior. Your life would seem to be entirely unbearable. And yet you fight so very, very hard to stay alive. With every weapon and stratagem. You simply refuse to die.” “I am ready to die.” Glokta returned his gaze, like for like. “But I refuse to lose.” ~Bayaz and Glokta ↗

— Joe Abercrombie

#inspirational

I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!) ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#perserverance #success #writing-life #life

It is questionable, for that matter, whether success is an adequate response to life. Success can eliminate as many options as failure. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#success #life