Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

- Confucius

Best Quotes about Failure

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

Heller, Joseph

Failure is not an option.

Movie, Apollo 13

What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.

Phillips, Wendell

If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure.

Hillyer, Robert S.

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

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

Korda, Michael

The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of nothing attempted, nothing gained and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.

Peterson, Wilferd A.

Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Perot, H. Ross

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Brunell, Walter

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No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back.

Proverb, Turkish

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Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Ford, Henry

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A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed -- I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

Clemenceau, Georges

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The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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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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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 an event, never a person.

Brown, William D.

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Your failures won't hurt you until you start blaming them on others.

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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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There is no such thing as accidental failure. All failure is at least half imposed.

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To win you've got to stay in the game.

Bristol, Claude M.

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

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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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Failure is not fatal; victory is not success.

Richardson, Tony

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

Bloch, Arthur

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Thought is born of failure.

Whyte, Lancelot Law

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

Proverb, German

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Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults -- Ah! there is the sting of life.

Wilde, Oscar

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To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.

Viscott, David

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Failures are divided into two classes -- those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.

Salak, John Charles

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There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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

Grayson, David

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It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on to beliefs that don't work.

Gillies, Jerry

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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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My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before reaching forty.

Neuharth, Al

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Every failure is a step to success.

Whewell, William

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The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

Lao-Tzu

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Failure too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

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If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

Seneca

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It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

Tracy, Brian

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When you fall, don't get up empty handed

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

Baxter, Anne

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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Gore Vidal

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Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Root, Elihu

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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.

J.K. Rowling

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Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it's all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you're willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you're willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you've got the potential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.

Sugarman, Joseph

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Turn your scars into stars

Schuller, Robert H.

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I think you actually get a kick out of being disappointed and under-achieving, because it's easier, isn't it? Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it.

David Nicholls

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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