Motivational Quotes

Failure

Failure is not fatal; victory is not success.

- Richardson, Tony

Best Quotes about Failure

My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Schuller, Robert H.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Ruth, Babe

All human beings have failings, all human beings have needs and temptations and stresses. Men and women who live together through long years get to know one another's failings; but they also come to know what is worthy of respect and admiration in those they live with and in themselves. If at the end one can say, This man used to the limit the powers that God granted him; he was worthy of love and respect and of the sacrifices of many people, made in order that he might achieve what he deemed to be his task, then that life has been lived well and there are no regrets.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

Heller, Joseph

Failure is not an option.

Movie, Apollo 13

People don't fail, they give up

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Ford, Henry

Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.

Givens, Charles J.

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

Chase, Ilka

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

Bill Lyon

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Remember your past mistakes just long enough to profit by them.

Mckinnon, Dan

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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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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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

Neuharth, Al

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If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win

Reuther, Walter

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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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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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Remember that your failures are the seeds of your most glorious successes. Be sad if you must, but don't despair.

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Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Root, Elihu

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

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

Sophocles

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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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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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Thought is born of failure.

Whyte, Lancelot Law

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

Quentin Crisp

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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.

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Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Proverb, German

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Turn your scars into stars

Schuller, Robert H.

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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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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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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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Nobody cleared a path for themselves by giving up.

Alacia Bessette

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Failure is the path of least persistence

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When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

Mansfield, Katherine

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You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.

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

Keats, John