Failure Quotes

We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.

Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.

The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.

What strikes me is that there's a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.

We are human beings, at the end of the day. Success and failure are a part and parcel of our life.

If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.

The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.

Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that. The Titanic saved lives because we're building bigger and bigger ships. So these people died, but we have effectively improved the safety of the system, and nothing failed in vain.

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.

Without intellectual honesty, you can't have a culture that's willing to tolerate failure because people cling too much to an idea that likely will be bad or isn't working and they feel like their reputation is tied up in it. They can't admit failure.

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

The business of biomedical research is mostly about failure. Few projects we commission will ultimately result in success. But every study we do contributes to the body of knowledge that brings science and society closer to a solution.

As an outside; don't worry about failure, because failure will take care of itself. Focus on success.

Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility for your successes and for your failures. You can't go blaming others or being jealous. Seeing somebody else's success as your failure is a cancerous way to live.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

Failure is essential. Trial and error is necessary.

He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.

I'm living life as best I can - but I'm not exempt from failure and making bad choices.

I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization and growth.