Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

Best Quotes about Failure

1.

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

Kaufman, Herbert

2.

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

Davy, Sir Humphrey

3.

No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.

Bose, Amar Gopal

4.

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

5.

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

Rohn, Jim

6.

Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory.

7.

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

Eliot, George

8.

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

9.

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.

Melville, Herman

10.

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

South, Bishop Robert

11.

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

Porsche, Dr.

12.

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

Quentin Crisp

13.

We learn from failure much more than from success; we often discover what we will do by finding our what we will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

Smiles, Samuel

14.

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

Korda, Michael

15.

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.

16.

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

17.

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

Aoki, Rocky

18.

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

Hill, Napoleon

19.

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.

Carl Jung

20.

A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.

Bloch, Arthur

21.

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

22.

The world itself is pregnant with failure, is the perfect manifestation of imperfection, of the consciousness of failure.

Miller, Henry

23.

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

Bartkowski, Steve

24.

People don't fail, they give up

25.

Thought is born of failure.

Whyte, Lancelot Law

26.

Every failure is a step to success.

Whewell, William

27.

Failure too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

28.

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

29.

Past failures are guideposts to success.

30.

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.

Hopkins, Tom

31.

Failure is not an option.

Movie, Apollo 13

32.

Success is 99 percent failure.

Honda, Soichiro

33.

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention.

Baldwin, James

34.

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

Wooden, John

35.

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.

36.

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

Ziglar, Zig

37.

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

38.

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

Seneca

39.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Haliburton, Thomas C.

40.

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

Viscott, David

41.

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

42.

Success is the proper utilization of failure.

43.

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

44.

Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

Waitley, Denis

45.

Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than I was and began diverting all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

J.K. Rowling

46.

Losing is a part of winning.

Munro, Dick

47.

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

Weiskott, Gerald. N.

48.

The only true failure lies in failure to start.

Walker, Harold Blake

49.

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