Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

Best Quotes about Failure

If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless.

Schuller, Robert H.

I cannot give the formula for success, but I can give you the formula of failure -- which is try to please everybody.

Swope, Herbert B.

People don't fail, they give up

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

Just because you've lost doesn't necessarily mean you've failed.

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.

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Waitley, Denis

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

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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Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

Herbert, George

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

Seneca

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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

Lao-Tzu

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There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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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

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It is for want of application, rather than of means that people fail,

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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The man who fails because he aims astray or because he does not aim at all is to be found everywhere.

Swinnerton, Frank

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When someone is going downhill everyone likes to give them a kick.

Proverb

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Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Perot, H. Ross

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

Rohn, Jim

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You must think of failure and defeat as the springboards to new achievements or to the next level of accomplishment.

Brown, Les

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When you fall, don't get up empty handed

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Failures are divided into two classes -- those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.

Salak, John Charles

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

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

Lawes, Lewis E.

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

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If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

Bill Lyon

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

Edward Albee

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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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Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

Proverb, African

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

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

Bristol, Claude M.

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Nobody cleared a path for themselves by giving up.

Alacia Bessette

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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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Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

Walt Whitman

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

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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Failure is an event, never a person.

Brown, William D.

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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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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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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

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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If all this happened to you what paradigm might you develop? How might that paradigm affect you in terms of your life from that point on? What does this tell you about Abe? There are no failures, only lessons to be learned.

Winfrey, Oprah

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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