Let these poems about failure encourage and motivate you. We all face failures in life at one time or another, the difference
is how we deal with them, and our attitude toward the thing that we call failure.
May these poems give you the inspiration to learn all you can from a failure or an unsuccessful attempt, so that you can move forward with new knowledge.
In life we will have failures, always wishing we had waivers,
To take back what we've just done.
So take some time, to sit and unwind,
So you can see what you've learned from.
It may be something small, maybe even smaller than a doll,
Something that not everyone else would see,
But the important part is, that you take the quiz,
To learn something that's within thee.
So why don't we just let, failures be the threat,
Because failure is more than just that.
If we can allow ourselves to see, that failure is a key,
Our next attempt may have a better chance at.
So start to change your mind, that a failure can be kind,
If we allow ourselves to learn from it.
No more shall a failure bring, unhappiness to him
As it's now one less failure to submit.
In failure's crushing blow we find our strength to grow,
Experience in its wake from which to learn.
None can guarantee destiny plays no prank,
Never let go of failure lessons earned.
No man ever succeeds on his first attempt;
Roll with the haymakers and do not despair.
Even if you stumble on the way you went,
Look back and see – truly failure's best thing there!
Look not upon your failures and their hurdles high,
Take courage for this time, for the time shall pass by,
Do not be discouraged if you're stuck in a bind,
Observe what is before you, and gather your mind.
Learn from the mistakes that taught us not to fret,
Grow onwards ever onwards with each hard fought step.
Your inner strength and wisdom will now be tested true,
With courage and confidence set off anew.
If at first, you don't succeed,
Take a deep breath, wipe away your tears,
Don't let failure shake you off your feet.
Achieving goals, at times, is no easy feat.
Fear not the outcome, stand proud and tall,
Lift yourself up for another try and above all,
No matter how hard it might be,
Never give up because success you may see!
You think that the failures are many,
You think the successes are few,
But you judge by the rule of the penny,
And not by the good that men do.
You judge men by standards of treasure
That merely obtain upon earth,
When the brother you're snubbing may measure
Full-length to God's standard of worth.
The failures are not in the ditches,
The failures are not in the ranks,
They have missed the acquirement of riches,
Their fortunes are not in the banks.
Their virtues are never paraded,
Their worth is not always in view,
But they're fighting their battles unaided,
And fighting them honestly, too.
There are failures to-day in high places
The failures aren't all in the low;
There are rich men with scorn in their faces
Whose homes are but castles of woe.
The homes that are happy are many,
And numberless fathers are true;
And this is the standard, if any,
By which we must judge what men do.
Wherever loved ones are awaiting
The toiler to kiss and caress,
Though in Bradstreet's he hasn't a rating,
He still is a splendid success.
If the dear ones who gather about him
And know what he's striving to do
Have never a reason to doubt him,
Is he less successful than you?
You think that the failures are many,
You judge by men's profits in gold;
You judge by the rule of the penny--
In this true success isn't told.
This falsely man's story is telling,
For wealth often brings on distress,
But wherever love brightens a dwelling,
There lives; rich or poor, a success.
When your dreams have failed you -
Dream again...
When you think you're beaten -
Dream again...
Failure cannot break your heart -
Life's a game, so play your part -
Dare to make another start.
Dream again...
Next time you'll be stronger - wiser too -
Think of all the things you meant to do -
Keep the glory of the goal in view -
and dream again...
Do not heed the world, its taunts and jeers -
Lift your eyes and face the coming years -
All great things are bought with human tears -
So dream again.
Failure is a bitter pill to swallow,
But embedded within is hope for tomorrow,
Conflicts may arise, testing our might,
Yet failure fuels the fire to set things right.
With each stumble and misstep, we take,
Conflict confronts us, our foundations quake,
But accepting failure as a chance to learn,
We find the strength within to overturn.
From the ashes of defeat, resilience springs,
Conflict's challenge ignites our hidden wings,
We rise above, refusing to remain,
Trapped within the prison of fear's domain.
Failure is but a stepping stone,
To an eventual triumph yet unknown,
For conflict in the face of failure's reign,
Only strengthens our resolve to rise again.
"A Chance To Learn" reminds us that facing failure is a part of the journey. Yeah, it might sting a bit, but embedded in those setbacks is the potential for a brighter tomorrow. Conflicts and hiccups might test your mettle, but guess what? They're your secret allies in the journey of growth.
Don't let them be roadblocks; see them as stepping stones. Read more poems about conflict.
Failure is ceasing to try!
‘Tis accepting defeat
And to all you may meet
Giving voice to a sigh;
‘Tis in thinking it vain
To attempt furthermore
And in bowing to pain
When the muscles grow sore.
Failure is stepping aside
From the brunt of the fray
In a weak-hearted way,
Being content to abide
In the shadows that fall,
And in being afraid
Out of life, after all,
Nothing’s left to be made.
Failure is thinking despair,
The forsaking of hope,
And refusal to cope
With the day’s round of care.
It’s in heeding the cry,
All is lost! and to stay
With defeat and not try
For the happier day
After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand
And chaining a soul.
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
And company doesn't mean security.
And you begin to learn
That kisses aren't compromises
And presents aren't promises.
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes ahead
With the grace of a woman or a man
Not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build all your loads on today
Because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans
And futures have a way of falling down in midflight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if
You ask too much.
So you plant your own garden
And decorate your own soul
Instead of waiting for someone to buy you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
That you really are strong.
And you really do have worth.
And you learn.
With every failure you learn.
The many dreams I had, I did aspire,
But failure crashed and did conspire.
Yet a failure, dear friend, is no defeat,
Unless we give up and choose to retreat.
Don't accept failure’s embrace,
Focus on resilience, let it replace
The doubts or fears in your mind
Learn from mistakes so success you'll find.
"All honor to him who shall win the prize"
The world has cried for a thousand years.
But to him who tries and who fails and dies,
I give great honor and glory and tears.
Give glory and honor and pitiful tears
To all who fail in their deeds sublime.
Their ghosts are many in the van of years.
They were born with Time in advance of Time.
Oh, great is the hero who wins a name.
But greater many and many a time
Some pale-faced fellow who dies in shame
And lets God finish the thought sublime.
And great is the man with a sword undrawn.
And good is the man who refrains from wine;
But the man who falls and who still fights on,
Lo, he is the twin-brother of mine.
Now failures are, as I conceive,
No things to weep o'er or to grieve,
But beacon lights to warn us when
We sail too near the rocks again;
Or, better, spurs to urge us on
To surer enterprise anon.
He is a sage who scales the heights
On failures made by other wights,
Provided in his quest for pelf
He's not already failed himself;
And he who hasn't — well, I guess
He'll never know how sweet success
Can be to him who from a crash
Emerges stronger for his smash.
We hope these poems about failure encourage you to look at failure as a stepping stone to success. As it has been said many times before you are only a failure when you give up!