#lure

And as we should all know by now, anytime you predict failure you have an excellent chance of being right. ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#dexter #dexter-morgan #failure #morgan #pessimism

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. ↗

— Buddha

#evil #foe #him #his #lures

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. ↗

— Gary Ryan Blair

#caution #course #creative #destructive #essential

Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure. ↗

— Gary Ryan Blair

#based #confidence #details #discipline #excitement

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. ↗

— John Dewey

#failures #his #instructive #learns #much

If you're the type of person who has to fulfill your dreams, you've gotta be resourceful to make sure you can do it. I came out to California when I was 21, thinking my New York credentials would take me all the way. I came back home a year later all dejected and a failure. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#california #came #credentials #dejected #dreams

War is failure of diplomacy. ↗

— John Dingell

#failure #war

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#destined #failure #many #out #people

Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#fatal #permanent #success

My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#age #ask #changed #dad #disappointed