And now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.
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Neil Gaiman
University of the Arts Philadelphia Commencement 2012, 2012
Use your imagination. Don't be afraid. The failures that we may have will result in success someday.
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William Chiu
Halsey Junior High School Graduation 2012, 2012
I waited a long time out in the world before I gave myself permission to fail. Please don't even bother asking. Don't bother telling the world you are ready. Show it. Do it.
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Peter Dinklage
Bennington College Commencement 2012, 2012
They didn't fail less. They rescued more.
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Atul Gawande
Williams College Commencement 2012, 2012
You are imperfect. Your knowledge is never complete. Your skills are never infallible. Yet you have to act. You cannot let yourself become paralyzed by fear — yet you cannot blind yourself to failure either.
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Atul Gawande
Williams College Commencement 2012, 2012
The only failure is the failure to rescue something. The difference between triumph and defeat isn't about your willingness to take the risk — it's about mastery of rescue afterwards.
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Atul Gawande
Williams College Commencement 2012, 2012
No one ever sets out to fail. But being afraid to fail means you'll be afraid to try. Playing it safe will get you nowhere.
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Steve Blank
Philadelphia University Commencement 2011, 2011
It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.
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Conan O'Brien
Dartmouth College Commencement 2011, 2011
The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.
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Conan O'Brien
Dartmouth College Commencement 2011, 2011
In life, the things that go wrong are often the very things that lead to other things going right.
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Arianna Huffington
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2011, 2011
Failure is not the opposite of success, it's an integral part of success.
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Arianna Huffington
Sarah Lawrence College Commencement 2011, 2011
It's okay to fail, and fail big. Failing is the thing that builds character. Get comfortable being uncomfortable.
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Tiffany Shlain
UC Berkeley Commencement 2010, 2010