Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

- Beerbohm, Sir Max

Best Quotes about Failure

The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.

Picabia, Francis

Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.

J.K. Rowling

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

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

Viscott, David

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Brunell, Walter

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

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

George, William Lloyd

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

Eliot, George

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

Hillyer, Robert S.

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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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Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Root, Elihu

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

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

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Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Nixon, Richard M.

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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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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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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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You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.

Lynch, Charles

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There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Waitley, Denis

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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Quentin Crisp

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

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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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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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Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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To win you've got to stay in the game.

Bristol, Claude M.

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

Dahlberg, Edward

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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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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

Yogananda, Paramahansa

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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

Kettering, Charles F.

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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.

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

Aoki, Rocky

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Seneca

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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Ruth, Babe

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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 are bitten by a snake, what's the best thing to do? Remain calm, separate the poison from the rest of your body, suck the poison out. Worst thing to do: get upset, chase and kill snake. Same when someone strikes out at you verbally. Remain calm, don't try to strike back at the other person. Don't let the poison spread throughout your system.

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Success is 99 percent failure.

Honda, Soichiro

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Failure too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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If you have tried to do something and failed, you are vastly better off than if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded. You must never regret what might have been. The past that did not happen is as hidden from us as the future we cannot see.

Stern, Richard Martin

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Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Macewan, Norman

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

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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