Don't lose your hopes...

"Failures are made only by those who fail to dare,
not by those who dare to fail."
Lester B. Pearson

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."
Buddha

"The way a man plays a game shows some of his character.
The way he loses shows all of it."
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"Some people use failure as an excuse to give up,
to become bitter, or cynical.
Other people look at failure as an opportunity to
revisit past decisions and to devise new strategies."
Catherine Pulsifer, from Do Not Be Discouraged

"A failure is a man who has blundered,
but is not able to cash in the experience."
Elbert Hubbard

"For every failure, there's an alternative course of action.
You just have to find it.
When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."
Mary Kay Ash

"Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize
how close they were to success when they gave up."
Thomas Edison

"Successful people see alternatives and are willing to try different ways.
People who only see failure are unable to see another way and give up to easily."
Catherine Pulsifer, from Hope

"Results! Why, man I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work."
Thomas Edison