Motivational Quotes

Failure

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.

Best Quotes about Failure

1.

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

Ziglar, Zig

2.

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

Korda, Michael

3.

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

Bill Lyon

4.

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

5.

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.

6.

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

7.

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

Yogananda, Paramahansa

8.

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

Swinnerton, Frank

9.

Failure is in a sense the highway to success, as each discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true.

Keats, John

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

Bristol, Claude M.

14.

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

15.

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

Proverb, African

16.

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.

Williams, A.L.

17.

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

18.

Some defeats are only installments to victory.

Riis, Jacob

19.

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

20.

If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

21.

Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory.

22.

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

Robbins, Anthony

23.

Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.

Strindberg, J. August

24.

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

Hill, Napoleon

25.

Failure is not fatal; victory is not success.

Richardson, Tony

26.

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

27.

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

Jones, Lloyd

28.

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

Brown, Les

29.

Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Macewan, Norman

30.

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

Lynch, Charles

31.

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Waitley, Denis

32.

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

Hill, Napoleon

33.

Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after one failure, they'll stop trying.

Burford, Frank

34.

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

Davy, Sir Humphrey

35.

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

Herbert, George

36.

There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.

Keats, John

37.

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.

38.

Success is 99 percent failure.

Honda, Soichiro

39.

Act as if it were impossible to fail.

Dorothea Brande

40.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Quentin Crisp

41.

The only true failure lies in failure to start.