Failure quotes
Welcome to our collection of Failure quotes. Failure is something that everyone experiences at some point in their lives, whether it be in their personal or professional endeavors. It is a natural part of the human experience and can often be a stepping stone towards success. In this section, we have gathered a curated selection of quotes that offer insights, inspiration, and wisdom about failure.
These quotes remind us that failure should not be viewed as an end, but rather as an opportunity for growth and learning. They encourage us to embrace failure as a valuable teacher that can help us develop resilience, perseverance, and humility. Whether you are facing a setback or looking for motivation after a disappointment, these quotes aim to inspire and uplift your spirit.
Throughout history, countless individuals have encountered failure before achieving their greatest accomplishments. Their words serve as a reminder that failure is not indicative of one's worth or potential, but rather a necessary part of the journey towards success. By learning from our failures and persisting in the face of adversity, we can unlock our true potential and achieve greatness.
So, take some time to explore our collection of Failure quotes and allow the wisdom contained within them to provide you with guidance and solace during times of difficulty. May they inspire you to embrace failure as a stepping stone towards greater achievements and encourage you to persevere in the pursuit of your dreams.
Victor Ortiz
— BoxerWith success comes a lot of failure, and it doesn't matter how many times you fall it just depends on how you get up and keep succeeding.
Joyce Carol Oates
— Author...failure is a human condition, not victory over odds; for each Hellen Keller who triumphs, there are tens of millions who fail, mute and deaf and insensate as vegetables tossed upon a vast garbage pile to rot.
Glenn Reynolds
— Law professorWhen the private sector fails, the solution is more government. When the government fails, the solution is more government.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerFailure is an attitude, not an outcome.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostYou can only really learn from failure ... To win, you need to fail, and fail hard.
Ed McBain
— American author and screenwriterThe world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down.
Aimee Bender
— American NovelistThere's a spectrum of those moments of connection and the moments we fail to connect, going from super-large successes to failures. Success would be love, I guess, and failure could still be love, but the bad side; and loss.
Amy Morin
— American AuthorRather than make excuses for their failures, resilient people learn from each mistake. They identify skills, ideas, and life lessons that can be gained from each failed opportunity.
Alice James
— American WriterThe success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape.
Alice Dreger
— American ScientistYou can't go into new life experiences without the understanding that yeah, you may fail, but knowing you might fail can't stop you from trying.
Aisling Bea
— Irish actor, stand-up comedian and writerDon't be afraid to look silly. You are only holding yourself back if you are afraid of looking silly or failing.
Andre Malraux
— French AuthorOften the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.
An Wang
— American BusinessmanYou have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.
Alexander Payne
— American DirectorI get asked, 'How can you have such failures in your films?' Well, what else is life about? There's some sense of constant failure in something. Humor gives you a distance from it.
Alain Ducasse
— French ChefFailure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life's negative moments.
Akshaye Khanna
— Indian ActorMy first film was a failure. I had many failures too. It's not easy dealing with it.
Ajay Piramal
— Indian BusinessmanI have always said that you have to fail. If you do not fail, it means you have never taken enough risks.
Adrian Edmondson
— English ActorI'm waiting for the time when I fail - because we all fail - and I'm ready, I'll take up carpentry.
Aditya Roy Kapur
— Indian ActorFailure of a film doesn't diminish my love for acting.
Adam Savage
— American EntertainerFailure is always an option.
Adam Neumann
— American BusinessmanWeWork is my fifth venture. I failed in my first, second and third, had mediocre success in the fourth.
Adam Driver
— American ActorActing is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.
Adam Draper
— American BusinessmanA startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
Abraham Maslow
— American PsychologistOne's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
Abi Morgan
— Welsh PlaywrightAll work is a process of failure. Every single thing I write, I look at it and go, 'Do better. That's not good enough. Do better.' And so, that keeps me up at night.
Abhimanyu Singh
— Indian ActorI have learnt the hard way that neither success nor failure last forever.
Abhay Deol
— Indian ActorIt is not a happy time when a film doesn't do well... Everything affects you, success affects you and failure also affects you.
Abby Wambach
— American AthleteSometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense about your training.
Aaron Sorkin
— American ScreenwriterI've loved every minute I've spent in television. And I've had much more failure, as traditionally measured, than success in television. I've done four shows, and only one of them was the 'West Wing.'
Aaron Judge
— American AthleteTo a certain extent, I enjoy failure. It's part of the game. There's always room to grow; there's room to improve.
A. Whitney Brown
— American ComedianThat is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
— Indian StatesmanWhen we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.
Abraham Lincoln
— American PresidentMy great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
— American actor, producer, retired professional wrestler and former American football and Canadian football playerBy 23yrs old, I failed at achieving the biggest dream of my life. My ass was kicked and I was down – but not out. I refused to give up, got back up and pushed on.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorAnd I’m drawn to failure. I often write about it, and I’m sympathetic with it, I think, because I feel I’m contending with it constantly in my own life.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerIf you want to double your success ratio, you have to double your failure ratio.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostReal success and accomplishment, at whatever it is you are passionate about, requires real work. Real sacrifice. Real disappointment. Real failure. And it requires the ability to scrape your sorry ass up off the floor, stumble to your feet, wipe the rivulets of watery drool from your face, and do it again, like an obstinate toddler running against the wall with his head in a bucket.
Akshaye Khanna
— Indian ActorI believe failure sometimes teaches you more than success.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
— Indian StatesmanI firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
— American actor, producer, retired professional wrestler and former American football and Canadian football playerFailures not an option. It's just a step.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerBy my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostPop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerFailure is no more fatal than success is permanent.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostSuccess is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerI know that you don't know, but you don't know that you don't know! By that I mean there are three reasons why individuals and businesses fail: 1. Arrogance 2. Arrogance 3. Arrogance.