Failure Quotes

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which "clicks."

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.

It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.

I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now.

You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.

Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying.

Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success.

I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure.

Failure has gone to his head.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

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

I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen. Kerry.

But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.

The fact that The Bridge contains folk lore and other material suitable to the epic form need not therefore prove its failure as a long lyric poem, with interrelated sections.

Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure.

A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others.

If you try to do your best there is no failure.

My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.

I met Ashley two weeks before I married him. It was a joke-the most ridiculous thing I've ever done. Once I was married, I didn't want to be a failure, so I stuck it out for six months, which was about six months too long.

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

War remains the decisive human failure.

After that he turned to the question of invading England. Hitler said that during the previous year he could not afford to risk a possible failure; apart from that, he had not wished to provoke the British, as he hoped to arrange peace talks.