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Quotes about Failure & Comeback — 17 Timeless Lines

17 quotes about failure & comeback, arranged the way they appear in Quote 2048: from the lightest line on the 2 tile to the crown quote on the 2048 tile, and on to 131072 in the app.

All quotes come from public-domain works or traditional proverbs; attributions were checked against their sources.

1. 2

   Failure is the mother of success

   — Proverb

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2. 4

   Rise from where you fell

   — Proverb

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3. 8

   True strength shows in hardship

   — Traditional

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4. 16

   Since I've fallen, might as well rest

   — Proverb

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5. 32

   I found ten thousand ways that won't work

   — Edison

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6. 64

   What matters is rising, not falling

   — Traditional

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7. 128

   No greatness without hardship

   — Traditional

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8. 256

   What doesn't kill me makes me stronger

   — Nietzsche

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9. 512

   Before great tasks, heaven tests with hardship

   — Mencius

   Original · Classical Chinese天將降大任於斯人也必先苦其心志

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10. 1024

    One day, remembering this will please

    — Virgil

    Original · LatinForsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit

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11. 2048👑 Crown quote

    We learn more wisdom from failure

    — Samuel Smiles

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12. Levels 4096–131072 continue in the app.
13. 4096

    Meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same

    — Kipling

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14. 8192

    Our glory is rising every time we fall

    — Goldsmith

    Original · EnglishOur greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

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15. 16384

    Any man can err, but only a fool persists in error

    — Cicero

    Original · LatinCuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.

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16. 32768

    Our work is to fail in good spirits

    — Stevenson

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17. 65536

    Fall down seven times, get up eight

    — Japanese proverb

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18. 131072

    The noble person seeks it in himself; the small person seeks it in others

    — Confucius

    Original · Classical Chinese君子求諸己，小人求諸人

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