Failure Inspirational Quotes

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

He that is down needs fear no fall.

We are all failures - at least the best of us are.

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

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

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.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

One who fears failure limits his activities.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.