Quotes about Failure

“Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.”

“I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.”

“Philanthropic colonization is a failure. National colonization will succeed.”

“A failure doesn't mean you are unworthy, nor does it preclude success on the next try.”

“It's a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment and of low growth.”

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

“The fear of failure never goes away. In many ways, you could argue that success multiplies the opportunities for failure. It's just more of an argument for becoming more comfortable with it.”

“In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.”

“The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to enable the German economy to function as an economic unit.”

“Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.”

“Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.”

“Questioning the nature and implications of liminal instances necessarily involves failure, if only in the specifically technical sense of entering spaces where prevailing criteria of success scarcely apply.”

“Failure is a gift and it becomes a bridge to the next thing, a better thing, the thing that works.”

“Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success.”

“Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.”

“Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent.”

“The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs; it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition, and optimism about the future. We must rally them now to bold departures that rebuild our national morale as well as our material prosperity.”

“'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.' I've made this my motto. I've internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn't depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure.”

“Already from your own cells scientists can grow skin, cartilage, noses, blood vessels, bladders and windpipes. In the future, scientists will grow more complex organs, like livers and kidneys. The phrase 'organ failure' will disappear.”

“People in the business will stay with you through drugs and alcohol and divorces and insanity and everything else, but you have a failure, pal, and they don't want to know nothing about you!”

“Wherever there's an all-encompassing 'always,' 'all' or 'never' in your life, it's a sign that your mischievous subconscious is setting you up for failure by consistently leading you back toward these repeat performances.”