Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt like a failure. But it was actually really important for me to go through that. Struggle, for me, is the most inspirational thing in the world at the end of the day - as long as you treat it that way.
Copy QuoteNothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Copy Quote View & ShareFar better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Copy Quote View & ShareI can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
Copy Quote View & ShareDefeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
Copy Quote View & ShareEvery adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Copy Quote View & ShareA failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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