Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

Best Quotes about Failure

Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.

John Keats

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Ford, Henry

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Sophocles

Thought is born of failure.

Whyte, Lancelot Law

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

Patton, George S.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Chase, Ilka

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

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We pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with grace, fail with style. A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way any of us will ever be free. Tom Robbins Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.

Barton, Bruce

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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

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

Edward Albee

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

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

Melville, Herman

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

Lutzer, Erwin W.

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

Lynch, Charles

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

Hill, Napoleon

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We fail far more often by timidity than by over-daring.

Grayson, David

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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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People don't fail, they give up

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Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Perot, H. Ross

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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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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

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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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There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Waitley, Denis

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

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What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.

Phillips, Wendell

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

Seneca

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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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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.

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Failure too is a form of death...

Greene, Graham

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

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

Picabia, Francis

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Act as if it were impossible to fail.

Dorothea Brande

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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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Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Macewan, Norman

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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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On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear.

Bhagavad Gita

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Failure is not an option.

Movie, Apollo 13

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

Aoki, Rocky

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An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.

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Anyone seen on a bus after age thirty has been a failure in life.

Loelia, Duchess

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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.