Motivational Quotes

Failure

We are all failures -- at least, all the best of us are.

- Barrie, Sir James M.

Best Quotes about Failure

Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.

Robbins, Anthony

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.

Confucius

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Ford, Henry

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.

Miller, Arthur

It is for want of application, rather than of means that people fail,

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

Herbert, George

In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.

Viscott, David

Failure is an event, never a person.

Brown, William D.

The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.

Goizueta, Roberto

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Success is the proper utilization of failure.

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The only true failure lies in failure to start.

Walker, Harold Blake

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Failure too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

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Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Proverb, German

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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Feather, William

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Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

Korda, Michael

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If all this happened to you what paradigm might you develop? How might that paradigm affect you in terms of your life from that point on? What does this tell you about Abe? There are no failures, only lessons to be learned.

Winfrey, Oprah

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Every person who has become successful has simply formed the habit of doing things that failures dislike doing and will not do.

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In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.

Robertson, Frederick W.

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You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Disney, Walt

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If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed.

Robbins, Anthony

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Silicon Valley is a graveyard. Failure is Silicon Valley's greatest strength.

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They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.

Aldrich, Thomas B.

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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Many men fail because they quit too soon. They lose faith when the signs are against them. They do not have the courage to hold on, to keep fighting in spite of that which seems insurmountable. If more of us would strike out and attempt the impossible, we very soon would find the truth of that old saying that nothing is impossible... abolish fear and you can accomplish anything you wish.

Welch, Dr. C. E.

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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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You can always tell who the pioneers are because they have arrows in their back and are lying face down in the dirt.

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Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

Waitley, Denis

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We learn from failure much more than from success; we often discover what we will do by finding our what we will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

Smiles, Samuel

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We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.

Engstrom, Ted W.

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Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after one failure, they'll stop trying.

Burford, Frank

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No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.

Bose, Amar Gopal

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I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win.

Hopkins, Tom

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We fail far more often by timidity than by over-daring.

Grayson, David

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Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Rohn, Jim

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My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

Jones, Lloyd

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Those who have failed miserably are often the first to see God's formula for success.

Lutzer, Erwin W.

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Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

Hill, Napoleon

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An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.

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We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.

Merton, Thomas

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It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

Stein, Ben

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You must think of failure and defeat as the springboards to new achievements or to the next level of accomplishment.

Brown, Les

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If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

Kaufman, Herbert

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Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

Hill, Napoleon

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A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.

Hubbard, Elbert

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There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.

Keats, John

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From time to time, life as a leader can look hopeless. To help you, consider a man who lived through this: Failed in business at age 31. Defeated for the legislature at 32. Again failed in business at 34. Sweetheart died at 35. Had a nervous breakdown at 36. Defeated in election at 38. Defeated for Congress at 43. Defeated for Congress at 46. Defeated for Congress at 48. Defeated for Senate at 55. Defeated for Vice President at 56. Defeated for Senate at 58. Elected President at age 60. This man was Abraham Lincoln.

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I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.

Hopkins, Tom