Motivational Quotes

Failure

Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.

- Givens, Charles J.

Best Quotes about Failure

Turn your scars into stars

Schuller, Robert H.

In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.

Robertson, Frederick W.

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

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

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

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

Robbins, Anthony

You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.

Kettering, Charles F.

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

Seneca

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

Melville, Herman

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

Chase, Ilka

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Everyone pushes a falling fence.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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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.

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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Some defeats are only installments to victory.

Riis, Jacob

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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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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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People don't fail, they give up

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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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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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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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Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Root, Elihu

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

Yogananda, Paramahansa

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

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Wooden, John

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

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Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

Kettering, Charles F.

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

Neuharth, Al

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We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.

Kettering, Charles F.

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

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Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times,and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

Hayakawa, S. I.

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

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

Eliot, George

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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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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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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.

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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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Failure is not an option.

Movie, Apollo 13

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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

Winfrey, Oprah

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