Failure Quotes

As human beings we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions; to judge people too quickly and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration of the actual facts and ideals of the period.

It is not sufficient that I succeed - all others must fail.

Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

I do not know how history will judge me, but let me say that I've spent a lot of time and energy trying to transform the Tatas from a patriarchal concern to an institutional enterprise. It would, therefore, be a mark of failure on my part if it were perceived that Ratan Tata epitomises the Group's success. What I have done is establish growth mechanisms, play down individuals and play up the team that has made the companies what they are. I, for one, am not the kind who loves dwelling on the 'I'. If history remembers me at all, I hope it will be for this transformation.

It is better to make a mistake than to do nothing.

Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.

Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

Failure is not an option. Success is just a process.

If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.

I’ve lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that’s left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust.

Failure is a word unknown to me.

It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.

Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

Settle your quarrels, come together, understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are already dying who could be saved, that generations more will live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to act. Do what must be done, discover your humanity and your love in revolution.

I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.

Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.

Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.

Failure is not an option for me. Success is all I envision

Failure is not an option. Failure is necessary...We try. We fail. We learn. We adjust.