If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

-- Maya Angelou

There are trivial truths, and there are great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.

-- Neils Bohr

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

-- Niels Bohr

Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a thing to be acheived.

-- William Jennings Bryant

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

-- Francis Crawford

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.

-- Josephus Daniels

... I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

-- Thomas Edison

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything

new.

-- Albert Einstein

Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.

-- Henry Ford

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

-- Robert G. Ingersoll

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

-- James Joyce

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

-- Abraham Lincoln

The possibility that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

-- Abraham Lincoln

Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.

-- Orison Swett Marden

No other success can compensate for failure in the home.

-- David O. McKay, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Advice to parents at General Conference of he LDS Church, April, 1964

What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

-- Robert Schuller

What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?

-- Robert Schuller

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

-- Beverly Sills

Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousands times worse than nothing.

-- Sydney Smith

Do not let yourselves be discouraged or embittered by the smallness of the success you are likely to achieve in trying to make life better. You certainly would not be able, in a single generation, to create an earthly paradise. Who could expect that? But, if you make life ever so little better, you will have done splendidly, and your lives will have been worthwhile.

-- Arnold Toynbee

If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters.

-- Abigail Van Buren

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

-- Gore Vidal

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

-- George E. Woodberry

 

第二篇：failure and success

失败与成功写作素材

（写作时请注意failure 与 success两个词汇的可数与不可数用法。）

生活中，每个人都会遇到困难和失败。有的同学只看到了困难和失败的消极一面而变得消沉。请你结合这种现象以及困难和失败在人生成长中的积极作用，写一篇短文介绍困难和失败的价值。（within 120 words）

Every living person has problems or failures. Some students lose heart once they meet with a problem or a failure, which may be the root of greater failure in life.

Actually, problems and failures are the very valuable things that make us what we are. They can make us aware of our weakness and strength. They can offer us another chance for a new try. With each failure, we may become more experienced and better equipped. When we have visited all possible problems and failure, success is just awaiting us ahead.

Therefore, problems and failures are part of success, part of our growth and part of life. Take them as a gift so that you can succeed. （116 words）(红色为精彩处，适合高中水平)

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一、 相关谚语警句 可据此进行套用或改写

1、Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。)

2、Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.（只要有一颗意志坚强的心，没事不成。 3Where there is a will , there is a way .( Thomas Edison , American inventor ) 有志者，事竟成。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)

4、Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.(没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。)

5、A bold attempt is half success.(勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。)

6、All things are difficult before they are easy. (凡事必先难后易。)

7、 Storms make trees take deeper roots.（风暴使树木深深扎根。）

8、Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。

9、Life without friendship is a journey through desert.

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You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.(Charles Chaplin , American actor ) 人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。 (美国演员 卓别林. C

12、Your hard work will pay off sooner or later.努力终有回报。

13、Failure is the mother of success.(失败是成功之母)

14、 It is difficulties and failures that make us what we are.或

It is difficulties and failures that shape us.

15、From small beginnings comes great things. (伟大始于渺小。)

16、 Success covers a multitude of blunders .(George Bernard Shaw , British Dramatist)

成功由大量的失望铸就。( 英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.)

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Failure is the path to success. It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on our shoulder.

The only way to show our gratitude to God for bestowing success on us is by being humble, modest, courteous and respectful to the less fortunate ones.

失败是成功之母。它让我们触及蓝天，它教会我们如何生存，它给予我们一条特殊的路。成功给予我们金钱、名誉、骄傲和自尊。这里，保持头脑清醒便显得尤为重要。

唯一能让我们感激上帝给予的成功便是始终卑微、谦虚、礼貌并且尊重没有我们幸运的人们。

三、

Failure and Success

1．失败是常事。

2．失败和成功的关系。

3．结论。

Failure is a common thing in one's life. Almost everyone experiences failure in his life. When one fails in his attempt in doing something, he often feels upset. Some people may yield to failure and flinch from it. But others will stick to and achieve the final success.

Success is what everyone expects. It may lead to fame and glory. When one succeeds in doing something, he gets so excited that he often neglects all the unsuccessful attempts he has done.

As an old saying goes, "Failure teaches success." It is true that failure is an important factor toward success. The way to success is full of various difficulties and obstacles. Many important inventions or discoveries were achieved after hundreds of failure. And only those successes which have been achieved after many failures are really valuable and praiseworthy. （138 words） 失败和成功

在人的一生中失败是常事。几乎每个人在一生中都失败过。当一个人打算做某事失败时，他常常感到沮丧。有些人会屈服于失败而畏缩不前。而另外一个人却坚持不懈并取得最后成功。

成功是人人都期待的，成功可以使人成名、荣耀。当一个人在做某事时成功了，他是那么高兴以致常常忽略了他曾经做过的那些没有成功的事情。

正如俗话所说，“失败是成功之母。”失败是走向成功的重要因素，这是毫无疑问的。成功的道路上充满各种困难和障碍。许多重要的发明和发现是经过数百次失败才成功的。只有经过许多次失败后取得的成功才是真正有价值和值得称赞的。

四、从阅读中吸取营养

In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The Spider Story is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider spinning a web(织网). The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times and six times he failed. On the seventh time he made it and went on to spin his web. Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone on to defeat(打败) the English… Edison, the inventor of the light bulb(灯泡) made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked why he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he failed so often. He replied, “Failure? I have no failure. Now I know 50,000 ways that won’t work.”

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So first, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top form yourself? What can you change so that things will go right next time?

Second is the goal you are to reach the right one. Try to do some thinking about what your real goal may be. Think about this question. “If II do succeed in this, where will it get me? This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn’t be doing away.”

The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it is part of life, learn to “live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t win them all.”

根据段文内容，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，将其序号填入题前括号内。

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A. ways to succeed B. failure and success

C. the spider story D. the invention of the light bulb

( .

A. the value for failure B. success achieved

C. famous failure D. Robert Bruce and Edison

( ) 58. The Spider Story.

A. failure must come before success

B. failure is not always a bad thing

C. nature will help us if we let it

D. people who fail are to succeed

( .

A. not think about it any more B. take it easy

C. learn to live with others in the same house D. learn to accept it

( ) 60. What can you learn from the above passage?

A. Where there is a will, there is a way. B. Live with yourself.

C. The Spider Story is true. D. You can’t win them all.

56-60 B A B D A

五、适合大学生 Life is made up of success and failure. No one is always successful and also no one is always a failure. So it doesn't make much difference whether you are successful or not. The most important thing is simply what you do before your success or failure. If you lose your heart when you fail, or show arrogance when you succeed, you'll never succeed. Instead, you should face it bravely and keep up your courage when you fail, then your failure can be changed into a success. On the contrary, you should remember that pride always goes before failure and sticks to working hard when you succeed, then you can make even greater progress. Failure is the mother of success. May you become a man of never getting discouraged in face of failure and becoming arrogant in face of success.

Success is not easy to talk about because the word success it-self has hundreds of definitions. For some it means power, for some it means wealth, for others it is fame or great achievements. But I have my own understanding of it.

Whatever one does, one should do it with confidence. If one has no confidence, there is little possibility that one can achieve anything when faced with hardships. This truth seems to be self-evident. In reality, however, we do see a lot of people who always

complain that they lack the ability to do something or that their difficulties are too great to

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overcome. For some, this might be true. But for many others, this only shows that they have lost heart.

Why do some people often feel frustrated even though they are capable of doing

something? I think there are two main reasons. In the first place, these people don’t have a correct estimate of themselves. For example, …… Secondly, there is another possibility that they exaggerate the difficulties. They can’t see ….. They tend to ……..

In my opinion, success means achieving brilliant results in one’s work, that is, making outstanding contributions to the development of the country and bringing happiness to the people. So my conclusion is that even if one has made great progress in what he does, I don’t think there’s any reason for him to be conceited.

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