15+ Quotes About Failure That Will Make You See It Differently

Popular Quotes On Failure

Here are some of the popular quotes on failure:

• “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." – Henry Ford
• "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." – Thomas Edison
• "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that count." – Winston Churchill
• "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." – Robert F. Kennedy
• "It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure." – Bill Gates
• "Failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success." – Arianna Huffington
• Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit." – Napoleon Hill.
• "Failure is so important. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success." – J.K. Rowling.
• "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." – Nelson Mandela.
• "Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes." – John Dewey.
• "When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel." – Eloise Ristad.
• "Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour." – Truman Capote
• "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." – Winston Churchill
• "Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life." – J.K. Rowling
• “Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up." – Chinese Proverb
• "A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances." – B.F. Skinner
• "You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated." – Maya Angelou
• "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original." – Sir Ken Robinson
• "Failure doesn't mean the game is over, it means try again with experience." – Len Schlesinger
• "Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success." – Napoleon Hill
• "The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried." – Stephen McCranie
• "You always pass failure on the way to success." – Mickey Rooney
• "Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure." – George Eliot
• "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." – Colin Powell
• "Failure isn't the opposite of success; it's part of success." – William Ritter
• "Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again." – Richard Branson
• "Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something." – Morihei Ueshiba “Failures are made only by those who fail to dare, not by those who dare to fail." – Lester B. Pearson
• "Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try." – Jack Canfield
• "Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure." – Jack Lemmon
• "I’d rather be partly great than entirely useless." – Neal Shusterman
• "It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." – Theodore Roosevelt
• "Your dream doesn’t have an expiration date. Take a deep breath and try again." – KT Witten
• “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely." – Anonymous
• “Failures are made only by those who fail to dare, not by those who dare to fail." – Lester B. Pearson
• "Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try." – Jack Canfield
• "Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure." – Jack Lemmon
• "It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." – Theodore Roosevelt
• "Your dream doesn’t have an expiration date. Take a deep breath and try again." – KT Witten.
• "Don't fear failure. Fear being in the exact same place next year as you are today." – Unknown.
• "Failures aren't enemies. They’re the raw material of success." – Unknown.

Quotes That Will Change Your Perspective

Here are the quotes that will change your perspective on failure:

• "Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo." – Jon Sinclair
• "If you fell down yesterday, stand up today." – H.G. Wells
• "Remember that failure is an event, not a person." – Zig Ziglar
• "The phoenix must burn to emerge." – Janet Fitch
• "I’d rather be partly great than entirely useless." – Neal Shusterman
• "If you fell down yesterday, stand up today." – H.G. Wells
• "Remember that failure is an event, not a person." – Zig Ziglar
• "The phoenix must burn to emerge." – Janet Fitch
• "Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo." – Jon Sinclair
• "Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn." – John C. Maxwell
• "Failure isn't fatal, but failure to change might be." – John Wooden
• "Failure is success in progress." – Albert Einstein
• "One who fears failure limits his activities." – Henry Ford
• "It’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that count." – Zig Ziglar
• "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." – Albert Einstein
• "Fall seven times, stand up eight." – Japanese Proverb
• "There is no failure except in no longer trying." – Chris Bradford
• "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." – James Joyce
• "Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street." – Zig Ziglar
• "You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone." – Johnny Cash
• "Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement." – C.S. Lewis
• "There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period." – Brené Brown
• “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." – Henry Ford
• "Failure means you're trying." – Sarah Dessen
• "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." – Samuel Beckett
• "There is no failure except giving up." – Jean-Paul Sartre

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