Quotes about failures. Learn by quotes
Welcome to our Failures collection, a sanctuary for learning, growth, and resilience in the face of challenges. In this curated compilation of quotes, we delve into the transformative journey of failures, where setbacks become stepping stones and adversity becomes an opportunity for personal evolution.
Failures are not the end, but rather a pivot point that propels us forward with newfound wisdom and determination. Our Failures quotes celebrate the courage to embrace setbacks, reminding us that success often emerges from the lessons learned in moments of defeat.
Whether you're navigating the aftermath of a setback, seeking motivation to overcome obstacles, or simply looking for insights into the resilience of the human spirit, these quotes offer perspectives on the transformative power of failures.
Embark on a journey of self-discovery, adaptability, and the beauty of second chances. Explore the role of failures in shaping character, the strength that arises from overcoming adversity, and the valuable insights that can only be gained through the process of falling and rising again.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerFailures don't plan to fail; they fail to plan.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostSuccess is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.
Bobby McFerrin
— American folk-jazz vocalistSometimes mistakes are the best thing that can happen, because they might lift you...out of your complacency, and open your mind up to a whole other area that you wouldn't have gone to intentionally.
Robert G. Allen
— BusinessmanHidden behind your fears and your failures is the success you seek.
Jay-Z
— American rapper, songwriter, record executive, entrepreneur, and media proprietorSuccessful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all.
Hugh Jackman
— Australian actorWith age, you see people fail more. You see yourself fail more. How do you keep that fearlessness of a kid? You keep going. Luckily, I'm not afraid to make a fool of myself.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
— Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, film producer, businessman, and former politicianLook for small victories and build on that. Each small victory, even if it is just getting up five minutes earlier, gives you confidence. You realize that these little victories make you feel great, and you keep going. You realize that being paralyzed by fear of failure is worse than failure.
Carmen Dell'Orefice
— American supermodel and actressThe key to overcoming adversity is to be ready to understand that you have enough, no matter what rug is pulled out from under you. You can't live in fear, or thinking "I'll never figure it out." The more consciously we can understand what we're experiencing, the more that is our protection. So, we run into adversity, but we don't have to stay there if we have imagination and a way to help ourselves change course. Sometimes we can't - knowing the difference is wisdom and the acceptance that we have enough.
Christian Cage
— Canadian WrestlerMy biggest fear, the only fear that I have is failing. I hate to fail at anything that I do and that's really my only fear in life, to be a failure.
Charles Stanley
— American ClergymanFear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.
AB de Villiers
— South African AthleteThe fear of failing... not quite the fear of failing, but the uncertainty of whether you are going to perform or not, is there every single game I have played in my life. It will always be there.
Don Roff
— Writer and filmmakerThe recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.
Daniel H. Pink
— American authorDo what you can't and experience the beauty of the mistakes you make.
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.
Colin Powell
— American StatesmanIn other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'.
Bret Michaels
— American MusicianI believe you must find the things in life that you love, and don't let anybody or anything stop you. There may be lesser successes, but you're never a failure unless you choose not to do something. I don't fail unless I quit. You must believe to receive.
Bob Feller
— AthleteEvery day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.
Beth Moore
— American AuthorI think that what women need to hear is that there is life after failure.
Asin
— Indian ActressI believe that if you acheive success, you will also experience failures in life.
Arthur C. Brooks
— American AuthorThe more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.
Arnold Bennett
— English NovelistHappiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.
Anushka Sharma
— Indian ActressHaving failures in life is important to understand where, exactly, you stand.
Anne Baxter
— American ActressIt's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.
Ann Cotton
— Welsh BusinesswomanBe greedy for social change, and your life will be endlessly enriched. The only failure lies in not trying, or giving up.
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.
Ali Larter
— American ModelWhen it comes down to it, at the end of the day, I need more out of my life and I need to push myself harder. And if at the end of the day I don't have it, then I don't have it, but at least I'm going to put myself out there. If I fail, I'm going to fail terrifically.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
— American actor, producer, retired professional wrestler and former American football and Canadian football playerWhen life puts you in tough situations, don’t say ‘Why me?’ just say ‘Try me’
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.
Charles Leclerc
— Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. Leclerc won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2017Whenever you want to reach your goal, obviously you are going through times that are not always easy, it not always goes your way, but if in these difficult times, you keep working, keep being focused on your goal, then you will eventually make it.
Cristela Alonzo
— American ComedianLooking back, I remember my family laughing a lot. We were never the kind of people that dwelled on hard times. My family laughs when things are tough. Growing up like that, I got used to making jokes about things that were difficult. So when I started doing stand-up, that's what I went towards.
Christina Grimmie
— American MusicianI'm one of those people who laughs everything off. If I mess up, I just say, 'Ha! Totally didn't mean to do that.'
Christina Aguilera
— American MusicianPeople expect me to cry, but I always laugh when things go wrong.
Aristotle
— Greek PhilosopherMisfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Craig David
— English MusicianI recognise life is like a magnet. Positive and negative are on the opposite sides of the magnet. You can try to cut the negative part off, but it's still there. When you accept both of them, it's like, 'You know what? Don't get too identified with success or too identified with failure - just be cool with them.'
Craig Bellamy
— Welsh AthleteI can understand failure: I've failed loads of times in my life; it's not a problem. I've never feared it, because it's a part of life.
Cory Booker
— American PoliticianI'm going to have setbacks and failures; I'm not going to see change right away all of the time or most of the time. But everybody I've ever respected has failed at one thing or another. I've definitely fallen on my face. But I've also had a comparatively easy life.
Connie Britton
— American ActressThe thing about taking risks is, if it's really a risk, you really can fail. It's only a pretend risk if you really can't fail.
Christie Hefner
— American BusinesswomanIn any endeavor, you have to understand your tolerance for risk. What's a failure you can afford?
Chris Jericho
— Canadian WrestlerThe only person that is going to tell you that you can't do things in life are people who have failed.
Chen Shui-bian
— StatesmanI 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.
Carol Roth
— American AuthorMany businesses fail because the owner wasn't willing to invest and wasn't educated on the difference between spending money frivolously and investing money into the business for growth, and the risks and rewards of that cash infusion.
Carol Alt
— American ModelIt's not about failure; it's about trying something and risking something for attaining your goal.
Burt Rutan
— American ScientistNASA's myriad failures are in many ways the natural consequence of a catastrophic combination of bureaucracy, monopoly, and a calcifying aversion to the kind of risk necessary for innovation.
Brian Tyree Henry
— American ActorI've discovered people in my lifetime who are like, 'I always wanted to sing but... ' It's like, 'Well then, did you try?' My thing was always not caring about failure.
Brett Ratner
— American DirectorWhen you're fearless, you take more risks because you're less conscious of failure or what can go wrong.
Brad Garlinghouse
— American BusinessmanTo me, if we're not failing a little bit, we're not trying hard enough. I think great cultures encourage risk and are tolerant of failure. If you don't do that, you're going to end up with a culture that is stagnant and not thinking about the next generation of products and experiences.
Bob McNair
— American BusinessmanA quarterback that goes out and performs for you and is a franchise quarterback is more valuable than a player playing another position, but there's a lot more risk there. It's a more difficult position to play, and there are lot more failures.
Bernard L. Schwartz
— American BusinessmanEntrepreneurialism, to me, means being able to fail. And I believe that kind of leadership is not necessary only in business, but it's necessary for running countries, too. You've got to be able to believe in something strongly enough that you want to do it even if there's a risk of failure.
Bernard Baruch
— American BusinessmanWhatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.
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.
Amy Grant
— American MusicianI think that if my kids are completely convinced of God's unfailing love for them, whether they fail or not, they'll have confidence to persevere in life.
Alison Gopnik
— American PsychologistWhat we want in students is creativity and a willingness to fail. I always say to students, 'If you've never at some point stayed up all night talking to your new boyfriend about the meaning of life instead of preparing for the test, then you're not really an intellectual.'
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.
Akshay Kumar
— Indian ActorWhen you taste super-success after tasting super-failure, there is huge relief.
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 Thielen
— American AthleteI love to compete and I hate failing.
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 Lashinsky
— American EditorIf one's man's trash is another man's treasure, then one industry's potential failure is another's opportunity.
Adam Grant
— American AuthorWhen trying to innovate, most people stop after 10-15 possibilities, failing to recognize that their first ideas are usually the most obvious ones.
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.
Abhijit Banerjee
— American EconomistWhenever we try something new, mistakes will happen. Seemingly good ideas will fail and need to be re-thought.