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

17.

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.

Hoffer, Eric

18.

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

Ziglar, Zig

19.

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

20.

We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.

Engstrom, Ted W.

21.

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

22.

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

Seneca

23.

Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

Kettering, Charles F.

24.

Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.

Robbins, Anthony

25.

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

Loelia, Duchess

26.

Nobody cleared a path for themselves by giving up.

Alacia Bessette

27.

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

Salak, John Charles

28.

In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.

Viscott, David

29.

When you fall, don't get up empty handed

30.

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

Givens, Charles J.

31.

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.

Baxter, Anne

32.

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

Neuharth, Al

33.

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

34.

Failure is not fatal; victory is not success.

Richardson, Tony

35.

Silicon Valley is a graveyard. Failure is Silicon Valley's greatest strength.

36.

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

Winfrey, Oprah

37.

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

Lutzer, Erwin W.

38.

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

39.

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

40.

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

Grayson, David

41.

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

Bill Lyon

42.

No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back.

Proverb, Turkish

43.

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.

Carl Jung

44.

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

45.

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

46.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Ruth, Babe

47.

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

48.

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

Jones, Lloyd

49.

Your failures won't hurt you until you start blaming them on others.

50.

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Waitley, Denis