Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

- Barrie, Sir James M.

Best Quotes about Failure

From time to time, life as a leader can look hopeless. To help you, consider a man who lived through this: Failed in business at age 31. Defeated for the legislature at 32. Again failed in business at 34. Sweetheart died at 35. Had a nervous breakdown at 36. Defeated in election at 38. Defeated for Congress at 43. Defeated for Congress at 46. Defeated for Congress at 48. Defeated for Senate at 55. Defeated for Vice President at 56. Defeated for Senate at 58. Elected President at age 60. This man was Abraham Lincoln.

Remember that your failures are the seeds of your most glorious successes. Be sad if you must, but don't despair.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not lived at all. In which case, you've failed by default.

J.K. Rowling

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.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Ruth, Babe

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

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

Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after one failure, they'll stop trying.

Burford, Frank

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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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Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Macewan, Norman

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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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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Gore Vidal

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

Baxter, Anne

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Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.

John Keats

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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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

Bill Lyon

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When someone is going downhill everyone likes to give them a kick.

Proverb

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Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

Kettering, Charles F.

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

Proverb, African

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I think you actually get a kick out of being disappointed and under-achieving, because it's easier, isn't it? Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it.

David Nicholls

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There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Waitley, Denis

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

South, Bishop Robert

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

George, William Lloyd

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

Porsche, Dr.

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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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If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Failure is the path of least persistence

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Every failure is a step to success.

Whewell, William

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We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

Kettering, Charles F.

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

Seneca

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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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Failure is not fatal; victory is not success.

Richardson, Tony

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Failure is not an option.

Movie, Apollo 13

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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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Failure too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

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They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.

Aldrich, Thomas B.

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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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Losing is a part of winning.

Munro, Dick

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We pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with grace, fail with style. A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way any of us will ever be free. Tom Robbins Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.

Barton, Bruce

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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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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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He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.

Miller, Arthur