Motivational Quotes

Failure

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.

Best Quotes about Failure

Past failures are guideposts to success.

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

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.

James, William

Everyone pushes a falling fence.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.

Hubbard, Elbert

A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

Nobody cleared a path for themselves by giving up.

Alacia Bessette

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

South, Bishop Robert

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

Grayson, David

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There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.

Beerbohm, Sir Max

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

Miller, Henry

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My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Edward Albee

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Act as if it were impossible to fail.

Dorothea Brande

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

Neuharth, Al

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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

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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Feather, William

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Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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

Loelia, Duchess

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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

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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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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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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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The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.

Proverb, Chinese

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Hill, Napoleon

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

Winfrey, Oprah

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

Lynch, Charles

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Seneca

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Bill Lyon

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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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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've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

Robbins, Anthony

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If you have tried to do something and failed, you are vastly better off than if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded. You must never regret what might have been. The past that did not happen is as hidden from us as the future we cannot see.

Stern, Richard Martin

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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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There is no such thing as accidental failure. All failure is at least half imposed.

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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Gore Vidal

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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