A Quote by Michael Korda

The American system demands success, and in order to succeed we must first believe that we can. Yet our society, with its intolerance of failure and poverty, traps millions of people in positions where any kind of success seems impossible to contemplate, and in which failure itself is a kind of passive rebellion against their own misery and the social system which created it in the first place. To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

Michael Korda

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Michael Korda
English - Novelist
Born: October 8, 1933

People aren't afraid of failure, they just don't know how to succeed. We are each responsible for our own success (or failure). Winning at what you do is no exception. To ensure a win, you must take a proactive approach. Prevention of failure is an important part of that process.

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Striving for success is healthy - but believing you need to succeed the first time around may backfire. Mentally strong people believe failure is part of the process toward a long journey to success. By viewing failure as a temporary setback, they're able to bounce back and move forward with ease.

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Robert Warshow

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Adam Beach

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Tom Robbins

To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

Michael Korda

To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

Michael Korda

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Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in afterlife the images first presented to it. The first thing continues forever with the child. The first joy, the first sorrow, the first success, the first failure, the first achievement, the first misadventure, paint the foreground of his life.

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Do you want to succeed? Then, double you rate of failure. Success lies on the far side of failure.

Thomas J. Watson

Failure is a prerequisite for great success. If you want to succeed faster, double your rate of failure.

Brian Tracy

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Richard Linklater

I thank God that I live in a country where dreams can come true, where failure sometimes is the first step to success and where success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities should be.

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