Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

Best Quotes about Failure

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

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

Beerbohm, Sir Max

I cannot give the formula for success, but I can give you the formula of failure -- which is try to please everybody.

Swope, Herbert B.

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.

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

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

Neuharth, Al

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

Chase, Ilka

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.

Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

Kettering, Charles F.

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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Gore Vidal

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

Bartkowski, Steve

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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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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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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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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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We are all failures -- at least, all the best of us are.

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Cole, Edwin Louis

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You must think of failure and defeat as the springboards to new achievements or to the next level of accomplishment.

Brown, Les

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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 never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win.

Hopkins, Tom

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Your failures won't hurt you until you start blaming them on others.

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

Seneca

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Act as if it were impossible to fail.

Dorothea Brande

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

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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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There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Waitley, Denis

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

Porsche, Dr.

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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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 you fall, don't get up empty handed

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

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Losing is a part of winning.

Munro, Dick

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

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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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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Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.

Strindberg, J. August

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

Bill Lyon

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

Lawes, Lewis E.

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

Weiskott, Gerald. N.

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If all this happened to you what paradigm might you develop? How might that paradigm affect you in terms of your life from that point on? What does this tell you about Abe? There are no failures, only lessons to be learned.

Winfrey, Oprah

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Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Macewan, Norman

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Silicon Valley is a graveyard. Failure is Silicon Valley's greatest strength.

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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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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

Bovee, Christian Nevell