Failure Quotes

If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not need limp gifts of fish but sturdy fishing rods and fair access to the pond. I wonder whether I would realize that while African nations have a failure of leadership, they also have dynamic people with agency and voices.

If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

I believe in never giving up, no matter what the odds. My mantra is, 'Failure is temporary. Giving up is permanent.'

I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.

Failure is a part of success.

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

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

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.

Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success.

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

If you look at great human civilizations, from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, you will see that most do not fail simply due to external threats but because of internal weakness, corruption, or a failure to manifest the values and ideals they espouse.

The only failure is not to try.

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

War is failure of diplomacy.