Failure Quotes
A collection of inspirational quotes, sayings and expressions on failure. When you experience failure the feeling of disappointment, of a loss are always there, but your attitude towards failure can determine your success and your stress levels. In the sayings below you will find many views on failure, for example failing is an opportunity to learn; a failure is one who doesn't try again; failing does not mean the end. The most important aspect of being unsuccessful or of failing is your attitude - how you see it, and then, what you do about it. We hope the sayings, quotes, and expression motivate you and will be an inspiration to you."Success is failure turned inside out." Edgar A. Guest, from Don't Quit
"The only thing failure should do is to provide you with valuable lessons so you don't make the same mistake again." Byron Pulsifer, from Hidden Enemy
“Results! Why, man I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.” Thomas A. Edison
"There is always another chance...This thing called 'failure' is not falling down, but staying down." Mary Pickford
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try -- you don't take the risk." Rosalynn Carter
“There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.” T.H. Huxley
"A minute's success pays the failure of years." Robert Browning
"Indecision and delays are the parents of failure." George Canning
"For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour." Mary Kay Ash
"There is no failure except in no longer trying." Elbert Hubbard
“Fall seven times, Stand up eight.” Japanese Proverb
"Preparation for success means that any failure you meet is seen as an opportunity to learn from mistakes. Remember that failure is your best teacher." Byron Pulsifer, from Preparation Equals Success
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in that gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt
"Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure." Edward Eggleston
"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." John Burroughs
"There are two kinds of failures: The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else." Perle Thompson
"Today's opportunities erase yesterday's failures." Gene Brown
"If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate." Thomas Watson, Sr
"Failures don't plan to fail; they fail to plan." Harvey Mackay
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." Bill Cosby
"The value of making the most of our experiences is that they teach us lessons about life- about failures, successes, and everything in between." Dean Pennicott. from A Car Accident…then came Success
"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." Johnny Cash
"Success doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives." Edwin Bliss
"Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped." African Proverb
"I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure." Anne Baxter
"Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
“Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.” Daniel Webster
"Having a positive attitude, WINNING, having a "poor me" attitude, LOSING." Catherine Pulsifer, from The Difference Between Winning and Losing
"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." Henry Ford
"Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final." Roger W. Babson
"It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is not to make the attempt." SueEllen Fried
"Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive." Scott Adams
"The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail." Napoleon Hill
"I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate." George Burns
"Many people dream of success. To me, success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection." Soichiro Honda
"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." George Washington Carver
"I've never been afraid to fail. Michael Jordan
"It's not whether you get knocked down. It's whether you get up again." Vince Lombardi
"Setting goals, taking one step at a time, continuous learning, never giving up, learning to use failures as our best teaches for future success, and always being in touch with what is important to us." Byron Pulsifer, from How To Succeed When You Already Have
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