Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

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Best Quotes about Failure

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

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

Givens, Charles J.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Thoreau, Henry David

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Feather, William

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.

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

It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

Tracy, Brian

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

Swinnerton, Frank

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There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when he is beaten; there is no failure for the determined endeavor; the unconquerable will. There is no failure for the man who gets up every time he falls, who rebounds like a rubber ball, who persists when everyone else gives up, who pushes on when everyone else turns back.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it's all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you're willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you're willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you've got the potential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.

Sugarman, Joseph

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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

Barrie, Sir James M.

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In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.

Robertson, Frederick W.

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

18.

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

Hill, Napoleon

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A hard fall means a high bounce... if you're made of the right material.

20.

Turn your scars into stars

Schuller, Robert H.

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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

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

Lutzer, Erwin W.

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We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

Kettering, Charles F.

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

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

Heller, Joseph

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Success is the proper utilization of failure.

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

South, Bishop Robert

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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

Skinner, B(urrhus) F(rederic)

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

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We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.

Merton, Thomas

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Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Waitley, Denis

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

Bill Lyon

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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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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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Losing is a part of winning.

Munro, Dick

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Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.

Dahlberg, Edward

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Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Brunell, Walter

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