Failure Quotes
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Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.
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Most people don't really do too many things because they're afraid they'll fail. There are people failing all the time, all around you. And nobody is going to notice your failure. Your failure is not going to be so spectacular that people write news stories about it. Your failure will be boring.
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Failure is an amazing data point that tells you which direction not to go.
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It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.
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Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a malady titled, 'Artistic Temperament'... rudeness, excuses, slovenliness, laziness, clutter, addictions, non-commercial attitudes, un-professionalism... and a good reason for failure.
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The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in a direct way. And when, under pressure of circumstances, they have risked a direct attack, the result has commonly been to blot their record with a failure.
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I think perhaps Mr. Hoadley is experiencing remorse for his failure to become involved.
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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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Cynicism ... is the trade-mark of failure.
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I never look at failing as an option anyhow. I believe thinking you could fail is already shooting yourself in the foot and setting yourself up for failure.
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Take care to make things turn out well. Some people scruple more over pointing things in the right direction than over successfully reaching their goals. The disgrace of failure outweighs the diligence they showed. A winner is never asked for explanations.
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I'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.
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It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.
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Cheerfully fessing up to our failures turns crazy mind off, humility and compassion on. I learned this in a karate dojo that had a strange tradition. Everyone there loved recounting failure stories, and after an evening of smacking one another, we'd sit and have a beer while the students swapped tales of martial arts disaster.
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I hope to show people everywhere that you can be unapologetically you and still succeed. I also hope that by using more diverse models, brands can see that there is power in diversity, and not shy away from doing something new for fear of failure. The effects are bigger than just the fashion industry.
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Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful.
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Never fear, inevitably we shall have our years of failure, and when they arrive, we must reveal tolerance and sanity. No matter the days of anxiety that come our way, we shall emerge stronger because of the trials to be overcome.
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Although I didn't write myself off as a complete failure, all illusion and romance was gone. I was no longer able to inflate myself; I had disappointed my own expectations and was genuinely worried about dying in the streets.
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I may be a successful football player, but I feel like such a failure.
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There are three unfilial acts: the greatest of these is the failure to produce sons.
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Success is never ending, failure is never final.
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You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.
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Positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude in all circumstances. Success attracts more success while failure attracts more failure.
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The greatest failure is the failure to try.
