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Someone once pulled me aside and said it was all right to succeed, and I realised that I knew what failure felt like, but I didn't know what success felt like. I've carried that with me ever since.

— Nick Frost

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I've always had to have some kind of failure before I was successful.

— Dan O'Brien

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.

— Gordon Ramsay

Whenever I've had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that's when you learn.

— Moby

I just pinch myself, because I think if there's anything I can be proud of, I've survived success, which I think is difficult these days.

— TobyMac

My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But most importantly, it depended on me to keep trying after I had failed.

— Mark Warner

I never felt I was incapable of succeeding because I felt confident I could always learn what I needed to know.

— Susan Wiggs

I'm aware that success can overwhelm you. The perception of you can be elevated to such a status that it's not you any more.

— Chris Ofili

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.

— Peter Berg

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

— Michael Jordan

✗Opposing Perspectives

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.

— Ali Larter