Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

- South, Bishop Robert

Best Quotes about Failure

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

Herbert, George

Success is 99 percent failure.

Honda, Soichiro

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

In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.

Robertson, Frederick W.

Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.

Givens, Charles J.

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

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

Proverb, African

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

George, William Lloyd

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

Eliot, George

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

Porsche, Dr.

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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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Failure is not fatal; victory is not success.

Richardson, Tony

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Failure too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

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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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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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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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Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.

Viscott, David

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

Bartkowski, Steve

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

Edward Albee

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Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Perot, H. Ross

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We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.

Merton, Thomas

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Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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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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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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There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when he is beaten; there is no failure for the determined endeavor; the unconquerable will. There is no failure for the man who gets up every time he falls, who rebounds like a rubber ball, who persists when everyone else gives up, who pushes on when everyone else turns back.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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 are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention.

Baldwin, James

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

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes.

Marcus, Greil

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