Motivational Quotes

Failure

Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults -- Ah! there is the sting of life.

- Wilde, Oscar

Best Quotes about Failure

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

Hill, Napoleon

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

Gore Vidal

Failure is not fatal; victory is not success.

Richardson, Tony

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.

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.

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

Thought is born of failure.

Whyte, Lancelot Law

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

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.

Miller, Arthur

10.

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

Robbins, Anthony

11.

The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.

Picabia, Francis

12.

I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win.

Hopkins, Tom

13.

Success is 99 percent failure.

Honda, Soichiro

14.

The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

15.

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.

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

South, Bishop Robert

19.

We learn from failure much more than from success; we often discover what we will do by finding our what we will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

Smiles, Samuel

20.

The only true failure lies in failure to start.

Walker, Harold Blake

21.

You win only if you aren't afraid to lose.

Aoki, Rocky

22.

If you are bitten by a snake, what's the best thing to do? Remain calm, separate the poison from the rest of your body, suck the poison out. Worst thing to do: get upset, chase and kill snake. Same when someone strikes out at you verbally. Remain calm, don't try to strike back at the other person. Don't let the poison spread throughout your system.

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

Jones, Lloyd

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

Edison, Thomas A.

25.

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

Beerbohm, Sir Max

26.

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.

Pitino, Rick

27.

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

Korda, Michael

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

Winfrey, Oprah

31.

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

Edward Albee

32.

Every failure is a step to success.

Whewell, William

33.

If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure.

Hillyer, Robert S.

34.

There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

35.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Kennedy, Robert F.

36.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not lived at all. In which case, you've failed by default.

J.K. Rowling

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Failure is an event, never a person.

Brown, William D.

38.

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

39.

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

Salak, John Charles

40.

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Feather, William

41.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Ruth, Babe

42.

He's no failure. He's not dead yet.

George, William Lloyd

43.

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.

44.

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

Robbins, Anthony

45.

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

46.

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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We all have a few failures under our belt. It's what makes us ready for the successes.

Randy K. Milholland

48.

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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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

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Success is the proper utilization of failure.