Quotes about failure
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In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.
— David Viscott
To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.
— David Viscott
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.
— Denis Waitley
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
— Denis Waitley
There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.
— Denis Waitley
The only true failure lies in failure to start.
— Harold Blake Walker
The greatest failure is a person who never admits that he can be a failure.
— Gerald. N. Weiskott
Many men fail because they quit too soon. They lose faith when the signs are against them. They do not have the courage to hold on, to keep fighting in spite of that which seems insurmountable. If more of us would strike out and attempt the impossible, we very soon would find the truth of that old saying that nothing is impossible... abolish fear and you can accomplish anything you wish.
— Dr. C. E. Welch
He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
— Richard Whately
Every failure is a step to success.
— William Whewell
Thought is born of failure.
— Lancelot Law Whyte
Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults -- Ah! there is the sting of life.
— Oscar Wilde
You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.
— A.L. Williams
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
— Oprah Winfrey
If all this happened to you what paradigm might you develop? How might that paradigm affect you in terms of your life from that point on? What does this tell you about Abe? There are no failures, only lessons to be learned.
— Oprah Winfrey
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
— John Wooden
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
— Zig Ziglar
Don't confront me with my failures. I have not forgotten them.
— Jackson Browne
Try to seek for the success, never find an excuse for the failure.
— Kazeronnie Mak
There is no feeling quite so lonely as failure.
— Jeffrey Fry
Try to seek for the success, never find an excuse for the failure.
— Mak Kazeronnie
Ace attitude attain and attribute ambition
— Mokgehle William wisbar
Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.
— Robert F. Kennedy
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
— Sophocles
There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.
— John Keats
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.
— George Eliot
When men at forward fail to achieve the goal, they describe the victory lies in defending.
— mirza sharafat hussain zarafshan
When calamities end, there comes end to life. So, I sought gimmick to make pleasure from them.
— mirza sharafat hussain zarafshan