Failure Quotes

I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.

Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and having kidney failure.

Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.

By virtually any measure, the record of the Republican Majority is an appalling failure.

Successful entrepreneurs find the balance between listening to their inner voice and staying persistent in driving for success - because sometimes success is waiting right across from the transitional bump that's disguised as failure.

While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.

Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

Trying to change before you're ready isn't likely to be productive. For example, most New Year's resolutions don't last because people spring into action without being prepared for the work it's going to take. Forcing change based on a date on the calendar, rather than a true readiness to transform, can be a setup for failure.

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at.

What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.

I've discovered people in my lifetime who are like, 'I always wanted to sing but... ' It's like, 'Well then, did you try?' My thing was always not caring about failure.

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

As efforts to fix this failure at the Veterans Administration continue, I also intend to persist in demanding answers and action on the establishment of a new clinic to serve the veterans in North Central Washington.

The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey.

The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.

For the longest time, I was horrified to hear the word 'failure,' but I've come to realize that we all fail. It's just a part of life. We all fall. It's how you rebound that shows the type of person you are.

When times get tough, we get tougher. Failure and government assistance are not an option for us.

The biggest lesson I had in my life was failure.