Motivational Quotes

Failure

Failure -- The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.

- Hubbard, Elbert

Best Quotes about Failure

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

Skinner, B(urrhus) F(rederic)

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

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

We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.

Merton, Thomas

People don't fail, they give up

Success is the proper utilization of failure.

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.

Baxter, Anne

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

Robbins, Anthony

Every person who has become successful has simply formed the habit of doing things that failures dislike doing and will not do.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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Failure is the path of least persistence

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

Davy, Sir Humphrey

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Lynch, Charles

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

Bristol, Claude M.

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Every failure is a step to success.

Whewell, William

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

Kaufman, Herbert

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Past failures are guideposts to success.

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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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There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.

Hoffer, Eric

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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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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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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Ruth, Babe

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You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Disney, Walt

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Losing is a part of winning.

Munro, Dick

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

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Failure is not an option.

Movie, Apollo 13

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

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You can fail so very often. But you are not a failure until you 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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Just because you've lost doesn't necessarily mean you've failed.

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Your failures won't hurt you until you start blaming them on others.

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

Jones, Lloyd

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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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Thought is born of failure.

Whyte, Lancelot Law

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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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Those who have failed miserably are often the first to see God's formula for success.

Lutzer, Erwin W.

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All honor to him who shall win the prize. The world has cried for a thousand years. But to him who tries and fails and dies, I give great honor and glory and tears.

Miller, Joaquin

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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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Failure too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

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Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

Herbert, George

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