Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

- South, Bishop Robert

Best Quotes about Failure

My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Confucius

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

Walt Whitman

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

Swinnerton, Frank

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

Keats, John

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

All honor to him who shall win the prize. The world has cried for a thousand years. But to him who tries and fails and dies, I give great honor and glory and tears.

Miller, Joaquin

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

Clarke, J. Richard

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

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

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Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Brunell, Walter

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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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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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The only true failure lies in failure to start.

Walker, Harold Blake

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

Robbins, Anthony

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You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.

Williams, A.L.

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When you fall, don't get up empty handed

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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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Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

Herbert, George

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The typical human life seems to be quite unplanned, undirected, unlived, and unsavored. Only those who consciously think about the adventure of living as a matter of making choices among options, which they have found for themselves, ever establish real self-control and live their lives fully.

Albrecht, Karl

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Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory.

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Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Perot, H. Ross

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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 at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

Bill Lyon

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

Wooden, John

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Failure is not an option.

Movie, Apollo 13

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If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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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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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Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Macewan, Norman

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All human beings have failings, all human beings have needs and temptations and stresses. Men and women who live together through long years get to know one another's failings; but they also come to know what is worthy of respect and admiration in those they live with and in themselves. If at the end one can say, This man used to the limit the powers that God granted him; he was worthy of love and respect and of the sacrifices of many people, made in order that he might achieve what he deemed to be his task, then that life has been lived well and there are no regrets.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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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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I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the particular day was the best player. But I know when I see him again, I'm going to be ready for his curve ball. Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

Aaron, Hank

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Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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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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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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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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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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When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

Mansfield, Katherine

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

Edward Albee

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Failure too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

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

Neuharth, Al