Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

- Confucius

Best Quotes about Failure

Failure, then, failure! so the world stamps us at every turn. We strew it with our blunders, our misdeeds, our lost opportunities, with all the memorials of our inadequacy to our vocation. And with what a damning emphasis does it then blot us out! No easy fine, no mere apology or formal expiation, will satisfy the world's demands, but every pound of flesh exacted is soaked with all its blood. The subtlest forms of suffering known to man are connected with the poisonous humiliations incidental to these results.

James, William

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

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

Hopkins, Tom

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

Goizueta, Roberto

Failure is in a sense the highway to success, as each discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true.

Keats, John

He's no failure. He's not dead yet.

George, William Lloyd

If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win

Reuther, Walter

There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.

Beerbohm, Sir Max

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.

Baxter, Anne

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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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Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Rohn, Jim

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I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.

Baxter, Anne

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Failure too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

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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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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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Failure is an event, never a person.

Brown, William D.

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Failure is not the worst thing in the world -- the very worst is not to try

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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

Heller, Joseph

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On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear.

Bhagavad Gita

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People don't fail, they give up

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Turn your scars into stars

Schuller, Robert H.

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When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

Mansfield, Katherine

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.

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The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.

Proverb, Chinese

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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Quentin Crisp

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Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.

John Keats

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Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Carver, George Washington

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Success is the proper utilization of failure.

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There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.

Robbins, Anthony

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A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.

Bloch, Arthur

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You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

Cole, Edwin Louis

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You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.

Lynch, Charles

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If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.

Porsche, Dr.

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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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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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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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You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flatBut to lie there-that's a disgrace.

Cooke, E. V.

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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Gore Vidal

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There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier except our own inherent weakness of purpose.

Hubbard, Elbert

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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Feather, William

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You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.

Clarke, J. Richard

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You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.

Kettering, Charles F.

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Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

Proverb, African

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Accept failure as a normal part of living. View it as part of the process of exploring your world; make a note of its lessons and move on.

Hobson, Tom

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Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.