Failure Quotes
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.
Brennan ManningBrennan Manning Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
Norman SchwarzkopfNorman Schwarzkopf My life has been nothing but a failure.
Claude MonetClaude Monet Any business plan won’t survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan.
Jeff BezosJeff Bezos I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.
Charles DickensCharles Dickens Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.
John C. MaxwellJohn C. Maxwell Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
Zig ZiglarZig Ziglar One who fears failure limits his activities.
Henry FordHenry Ford Unsuccessful people get up whenever they feel like it and the first thing they do is watch television, read the paper, or check email. The rest of the day is pretty much 50% below maximum performance.
Brian TracyBrian Tracy Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press.
Warren BuffettWarren Buffett It’s your thinking that decides whether you’re going to succeed or fail.
Henry FordHenry Ford I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison If you want to recruit good human resources, you really have to improve the wage conditions or fail to hire anyone suitable.
Shinzo AbeShinzo Abe If you make it, great. If you miss it – what’s there to be afraid of?
Kobe BryantKobe Bryant