Failure Quotes - Page 29

The incompetent quickly throws himself into another impressive enterprise in order to escape his responsibility from previous disaster.

My reputation grows with every failure.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word as fail.

All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.

Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old— This knight so bold— And o’er his heart a shadow— Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado. And, as his strength Failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow— ‘Shadow,’ said he, ‘Where can it be— This land of Eldorado?’ ‘Over the Mountains Of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow, Ride, boldly ride,’ The shade replied,— ‘If you seek for Eldorado!

Although such research [into the paranormal] has yet to produce anything in the way of a repeatable controlled experiment, its practitioners argue that its revolutionary potentialities justify its continuation. My own feeling is that after a century of total failure it has become a bloody bore.

As the opportunity grows for unlimited growth and progress, the chances of failure increase. There is no such thing as a program that will provide security and growth and progress with no risk . . . even within the church. As freedom for unrestricted development is enhanced, the possibilities for failure are also increased. The risk factor is great.

Failure is not an option. It just happens all the time. Like, all the time.

Learn how to fail intelligently.

Nearly every grave moral failure begins with a small sin.

Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful.

When you're fearless, you take more risks because you're less conscious of failure or what can go wrong.

Failed the bright promise of your early day?

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.

You can't dwell on what happened. You can't live even a moment stewing in bitterness.

If you cry ''Forward'' you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to do that and simply call out the word to a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in precisely opposite directions?

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor.

The reward of suffering is experience

Is your fear of failure greater than your desire to succeed?

I had rather be defeated in a cause that will ultimately triumph than triumph in a cause that will ultimately be defeated.

Success and happiness spring from facing failure after failure with enthusiasm.

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right, writes no guarantee against misfortune.

Some drawings are better than others... Some are utterly spoiled... I keep them all. I find a use sometimes even for the worst drawing... But their chief use is to mortify one's conceit, to show how thoroughly incompetent it is possible to be, and to shame one into better ways.