Failure Quotes

Our success at Amazon is a function of how many experiments we do per year, per month, per week, per day.

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Don’t let the small challenge bring you down.

What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.