“The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.”
Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
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James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright
"An Introduction", The Fireside Book of Dog Stories (Simon and Schuster, 1943); reprinted in Thurber's Dogs (1955)
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Brennan Manning (1934–2013) writer, American Roman Catholic priest and United States Marine
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“Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
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“A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.”
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The Roycraft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams (1923)
“There's no success like failure, and failure's no success at all.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Bringing It All Back Home (1965), Love Minus Zero/No Limit
“People who avoid failure also avoid success.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor
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Cara Lockwood (1973) American writer
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