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

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

Bristol, Claude M.

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

Hillyer, Robert S.

People don't fail, they give up

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

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

Seneca

Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.

Lawes, Lewis E.

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Brunell, Walter

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I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Rohn, Jim

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Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Ford, Henry

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Failure is not an option.

Movie, Apollo 13

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I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

Patton, George S.

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We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure all your life.

Gardner, John W.

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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Ruth, Babe

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Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Root, Elihu

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

Clarke, J. Richard

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

Lynch, Charles

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Even a tombstone says good things about a fellow who's down.

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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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The man who fails because he aims astray or because he does not aim at all is to be found everywhere.

Swinnerton, Frank

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

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

James, William

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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not lived at all. In which case, you've failed by default.

J.K. Rowling

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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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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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Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus.

South, Bishop Robert

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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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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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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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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

Winfrey, Oprah

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

Phillips, Wendell

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

George, William Lloyd

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

Quentin Crisp

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

Porsche, Dr.

39.

Failure is not fatal; victory is not success.

Richardson, Tony

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The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.

Picabia, Francis

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Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Macewan, Norman

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Success is the proper utilization of failure.

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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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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.

Melville, Herman

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You can fail so very often. But you are not a failure until you give up.

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If you have tried to do something and failed, you are vastly better off than if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded. You must never regret what might have been. The past that did not happen is as hidden from us as the future we cannot see.

Stern, Richard Martin

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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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Past failures are guideposts to success.

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Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Wooden, John

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

Edison, Thomas A.