A. A. Milne Quotes

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

I have known a very good, fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite.

O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me t'untie.

We fail when we try to give simple answers to complicated problems.

one should discuss one's difficulties only when they are over.

Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual.

Sometimes I manage to get conditions alleviated, often not.

It's a losers' game to try and guess, it really is.

It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an intuition-and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise. This thing that gives out and then that-"Bugs"as such little faults and difficulties are called show themselves and months of anxious watching, study and labor are requisite before commercial success-or failure-is certainly reached.

I'm sorry no one saved you.

I must say that the more you give, the more you get. Being able to find solutions, to help other people is extremely gratifying.

How melancholy a thing is success. Whilst failure inspirits a man, attainment reads the sad prosy lesson that all our glories "Are shadows, not substantial things." Truly said the sayer, "disappointment is the salt of life" a salutary bitter which strengthens the mind for fresh exertion, and gives a double value to the prize.

Giving up is the greatest failure.

Nothing is lost that we do not first see as lost. Visions born of fear give birth to our failing. Visions born of hope give birth to our success. What is possible lives within us, and it only remains for us to discover it.

I made 5,127 prototypes of my vaccum before I got it right. There were 5,126 failures. But I learned from each one. That’s how I came up with a solution. So I don’t mind failure.

I've seen some of my favorite actors give bad performances, and I have to tell myself that failure is a part of success.

Quite frequently, he who goes too fast gets there too late - or not at all.

I think of the future all the time. All my life I've chased dreams of what could be. For the first time in my life, I've actually caught one. I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.

It's a miracle when something actually turns out well because there are so many ways for it to go wrong.

Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional.

...The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true.

So let me tell you, as you prepare to go off into the world, remember six rules: Trust yourself, Break some rules, Don't be afraid to fail, Ignore the naysayers, Work like hell, and Give something back.

In between your failure-tree And your triumph-tree, The tree that is growing Is known as your patience-tree.

Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.

The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill.