Motivational Quotes

Failure

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

- Ziglar, Zig

Best Quotes about Failure

Failure is an event, never a person.

Brown, William D.

Turn your scars into stars

Schuller, Robert H.

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

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

Grayson, David

Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Perot, H. Ross

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Waitley, Denis

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Carver, George Washington

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Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Wooden, John

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Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

Fitzgerald, Ella

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Failure is not fatal; victory is not success.

Richardson, Tony

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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Feather, William

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Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Ford, Henry

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

Ziglar, Zig

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The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

Eliot, George

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An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.

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

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

Bristol, Claude M.

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Success is the proper utilization of failure.

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

Loelia, Duchess

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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.

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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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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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Many men fail because they quit too soon. They lose faith when the signs are against them. They do not have the courage to hold on, to keep fighting in spite of that which seems insurmountable. If more of us would strike out and attempt the impossible, we very soon would find the truth of that old saying that nothing is impossible... abolish fear and you can accomplish anything you wish.

Welch, Dr. C. E.

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Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Nixon, Richard M.

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

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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.

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Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

Kettering, Charles F.

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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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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 glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall.

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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Thoreau, Henry David

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When you fall, don't get up empty handed

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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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Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Root, Elihu

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Every failure is a step to success.

Whewell, William

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

Korda, Michael

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

Hopkins, Tom

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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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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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If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless.

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Winfrey, Oprah

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

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A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed -- I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

Clemenceau, Georges

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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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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