"It’s not failure. It’s unfinished success” is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter by Ralph Marston ("The Daily Motivator") on September 5, 2010.
“Treating diabetic nephropathy: unfinished success is not failure” is a paper that was published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology in 2007, but the saying was not popular at this time. Joubert Botha has been credited with the saying on Twitter since April 10, 2014, but he did not coin it or popularize it.
Twitter
Ralph Marston
@ralphmarston
It’s not failure. It’s unfinished success.
10:20 PM - 5 Sep 2010
Twitter
Christopher L Lee
@chrislablee
It’s not failure. It’s unfinished success. ~Ralph Marston
10:26 PM - 5 Sep 2010
Twitter
Vusi M đ
@justvusim
“@j_botha: It’s not failure, it’s unfinished success.”
1:50 PM - 10 Apr 2014
Twitter
Chrisâ ian
@WeeklyChris
it’s not failure its unfinished success
5:16 PM - 29 Oct 2014
Google Books
Textbook of Nephrology
By Anil K Mandal
New Delhi, India: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.
2014
Pg. 223:
Lewis J. Treating diabetic nephropathy: unfinished success is not failure. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2007;2(3):407-9.
Twitter
Jorge Lorenzo
@lorenzo99
It’s not failure, it’s unfinished success. JL
12:42 PM - 3 Jan 2015
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Sean Milner
@samilner
It’s not failure, it’s unfinished success. - Joubert Botha #quote
4:33 AM - 27 Jan 2015
Twitter
Tim Fargo
@tim_fargo
It’s not failure, it’s unfinished success. - Joubert Botha #quote #ThursdayMotivation
6:36 AM - 25 Jan 2018
Twitter
Six Word Stories
@ernest6words
It’s not failure, it’s unfinished success. #StephenKing
#MondayMotivation #MondayMotivaton #MondayMotivational #MondayBlues #MondayWisdom #quotes #QuotesForLife #quotestoliveby #quotesoftheday #quoteoftheday #InspirationalQuotes #ernest6words #sixwordstories
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7:17 AM - 5 Feb 2018
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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