Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

- Confucius

Best Quotes about Failure

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Root, Elihu

The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

Jones, Lloyd

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

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

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Robbins, Anthony

The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.

Davy, Sir Humphrey

Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Perot, H. Ross

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

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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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Thought is born of failure.

Whyte, Lancelot Law

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Hill, Napoleon

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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

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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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Failure is not fatal; victory is not success.

Richardson, Tony

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

Robbins, Anthony

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Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Brunell, Walter

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Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Macewan, Norman

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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

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

South, Bishop Robert

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It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

Tracy, Brian

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

Wooden, John

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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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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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No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Viscott, David

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

Lawes, Lewis E.

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Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it. We learn only from failure.

Boulding, Kenneth Ewart

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Nobody cleared a path for themselves by giving up.

Alacia Bessette

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My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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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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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

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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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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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Everyone pushes a falling fence.

Proverb, Chinese

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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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Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Rohn, Jim

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

Picabia, Francis

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

Edward Albee

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People don't fail, they give up

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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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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.

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

Edison, Thomas A.