Motivational Quotes

Failure

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.

- James, William

Best Quotes about Failure

Failure too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

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

George, William Lloyd

The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.

Davy, Sir Humphrey

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

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

Salak, John Charles

If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.

Carl Jung

Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Macewan, Norman

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

Reuther, Walter

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Confucius

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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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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.

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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

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

Robbins, Anthony

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Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.

Dahlberg, Edward

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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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Everyone pushes a falling fence.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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A hard fall means a high bounce... if you're made of the right material.

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

Aldrich, Thomas B.

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Just because you've lost doesn't necessarily mean you've failed.

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If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.

Edward Albee

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Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

Fitzgerald, Ella

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I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work.

Edison, Thomas A.

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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall.

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No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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Failure -- The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.

Hubbard, Elbert

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

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

Neuharth, Al

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Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Brunell, Walter

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

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

Grayson, David

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

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There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.

Hoffer, Eric

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