Failure Quotes
How sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Successful people are not people who never fail but people who never give up.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
William Arthur WardWilliam Arthur Ward When all else fails, give up and go to the library.
Stephen KingStephen King The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda If you can’t handle today, there is always tomorrow.
Bryon MartinBryon Martin It’s bad policy to speculate on what you’ll do if a plan fails when you’re trying to make a plan work.
Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
Ignatius of LoyolaIgnatius of Loyola I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That’s their mistake, not my failing.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Failure is predictable if you break laws, success is predictable if you obey laws. I discovered and learned that truth when I was 14 years old. Not everyone discovers that. Some people take a lifetime to learn that.
Myles MunroeMyles Munroe We do lots of Stuff. The only way you are going to have success is to have lots of failures first.
Sergey BrinSergey Brin Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.
Elbert HubbardElbert Hubbard