I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my

I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.

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J. Paul Getty

American - Businessman December 15, 1892 - June 6, 1976

With the author

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

J. Paul Getty

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

J. Paul Getty

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

J. Paul Getty

I buy when other people are selling.

J. Paul Getty

My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

J. Paul Getty

A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.

J. Paul Getty

Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.

J. Paul Getty

I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.

J. Paul Getty

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So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman.

Allen Tate

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

S. I. Hayakawa

But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you won't fear that failure.

Cliff Richard

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.

Morihei Ueshiba

Be honest about how you approach failure. Don't just be critical of yourself, because that can be self-serving. Approach it honestly, assess your performance, and assess the areas where you have fallen short. Correct them and move on. Don't dwell on it. Don't hold on to it.

Megan Rapinoe

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success, and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure.

Jeremy Irons

Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.

Errol Flynn

Before I was married, I didn't consider my failure to manage even basic hand tools a feminist inadequacy. I thought it had more to do with being Jewish. The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe, and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers.

I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my

I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.

With the author

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

I buy when other people are selling.

My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.

Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.

I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.

Same category

So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman.

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you won't fear that failure.

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.

Be honest about how you approach failure. Don't just be critical of yourself, because that can be self-serving. Approach it honestly, assess your performance, and assess the areas where you have fallen short. Correct them and move on. Don't dwell on it. Don't hold on to it.

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success, and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure.

Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.

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