Madalyn Murray O'Hair Quotes

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

Don't judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.

As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.

There is no excuse for not trying.

Hard labor and good intentions are not sufficient to carry a man through to success.

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

I don't think something is a failure if you put your all into it. I'm a big fan of the saying, "Nothing beats a failure but a try."

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

I will not fail,' the water bearer's daughter vowed. 'But worse than failing is not to try at all. For then there can be no hope of success.

I don't always feel lucky, but I'm smart enough to try.

No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.

Trying is always enough.

Never be frightened by those you assume have more talent than you do, because in the end energy will prevail. My formula is: energy plus talent and you are a king; energy and no talent and you are still a prince; talent and no energy and you are a pauper.

Criticism is a great motivation. Failure is not an option to me.

We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.

If you don't succeed at first, there's no need for the F word (Failure). Pick yourself up and try, try again.

The only failure is not trying.

I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.

If at first you don't succeed-try, try again. Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as timed-release success.

Thou didst thy best, that is success.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

I was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as I'm trying my best. So I've had a 'blood, guts and glory' approach through my whole life.