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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

— Maya Angelou
Self & Identity Success

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

— Randy Pausch
Inspirational Success

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

— Coco Chanel
Success Time

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

— Steve Maraboli
Inspirational Life Change & Growth Success Happiness

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

— Truman Capote
Wisdom Success

Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.

— Roy T. Bennett
Inspirational Life Positive Thinking Success

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

— Salvador Dali
Success Fear

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

— Winston S. Churchill
Success

Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.

— Milan Kundera
Success

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.

— Bette Midler
Inspirational Humor Friendship Success Happiness

Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.

— Steve Maraboli
Inspirational Life Change & Growth Success Happiness

Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get

— W. P. Kinsella
Success Happiness

You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.

— Joel Osteen
Change & Growth Success

So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains.

— Dr. Seuss
Inspirational Humor Success

Dare to BeWhen a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light.When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it.When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway.When life seems to beat you down, dare to fight back.When there seems to be no hope, dare to find some.When you’re feeling tired, dare to keep going.When times are tough, dare to be tougher.When love hurts you, dare to love again.When someone is hurting, dare to help them heal.When another is lost, dare to help them find the way.When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand.When you cross paths with another, dare to make them smile.When you feel great, dare to help someone else feel great too.When the day has ended, dare to feel as you’ve done your best.Dare to be the best you can –At all times, Dare to be!

— Steve Maraboli
Inspirational Life Kindness Success Happiness

World quotes adapted from the Abirate/english_quotes dataset (CC BY 4.0). Indian-figure and Hindi/Urdu quotes are a curated compilation of widely-attributed public sayings.