Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

- Vauvenargues, Marquis De

Best Quotes about Failure

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

Keats, John

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

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

Dahlberg, Edward

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Proverb, German

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Brunell, Walter

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

You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

Cole, Edwin Louis

Failure too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

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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Past failures are guideposts to success.

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

Confucius

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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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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Thoreau, Henry David

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I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.

Baxter, Anne

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

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

Proverb, Turkish

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

Ziglar, Zig

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The greatest failure is a person who never admits that he can be a failure.

Weiskott, Gerald. N.

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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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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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On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear.

Bhagavad Gita

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

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Aoki, Rocky

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You can always tell who the pioneers are because they have arrows in their back and are lying face down in the dirt.

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Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Perot, H. Ross

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

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

Hillyer, Robert S.

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A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.

Hubbard, Elbert

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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 moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.

Goizueta, Roberto

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

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Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.

Samuel McChord Crothers

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My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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Those who have failed miserably are often the first to see God's formula for success.

Lutzer, Erwin W.

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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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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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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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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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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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If you've never failed you've never tried.