Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

Best Quotes about Failure

Thought is born of failure.

Whyte, Lancelot Law

When you stand at the edge of the cliff, jump to fly, not to fall.

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

Robbins, Anthony

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

Eliot, George

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

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

Bartkowski, Steve

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Proverb, Turkish

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

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.

Pitino, Rick

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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 too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

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

Carl Jung

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Remember your past mistakes just long enough to profit by them.

Mckinnon, Dan

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Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Ford, Henry

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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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Anyone seen on a bus after age thirty has been a failure in life.

Loelia, Duchess

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You win only if you aren't afraid to lose.

Aoki, Rocky

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Losing is a part of winning.

Munro, Dick

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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Feather, William

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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Sophocles

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We all have a few failures under our belt. It's what makes us ready for the successes.

Randy K. Milholland

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

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Everyone pushes a falling fence.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

Ziglar, Zig

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Past failures are guideposts to success.

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

Beerbohm, Sir Max

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

Keats, John

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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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When you fall, don't get up empty handed

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The only people who never fail are those who never try.

Chase, Ilka

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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

Skinner, B(urrhus) F(rederic)

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People don't fail, they give up

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

Clarke, J. Richard

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

Reuther, Walter

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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

Eliot, George

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I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

Edison, Thomas A.

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