Failure Quotes

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage.

George Horace Lorimer
Whatever may be true of the other modes of warfare, insatyagraha it has been held that the causes for failure are to be sought within.

Mahatma Gandhi
- True
- Failure
- Welfare

Take the happiest man, the one most envied by the world, and in nine cases out of ten his inmost consciousness is one of failure. Either his ideals in the line of his achievements are pitched far higher than the achievements themselves, or else he has secret ideals of which the world knows nothing, and in regard to which he inwardly knows himself to be found wanting.

William James
- Men
- Secret
- Achievement
Failure is nothing but the kiss of Jesus.

Mother Teresa
- Failure
- Kiss
But success and failure are of no account. They are God's concern, not mine.

Mahatma Gandhi
Don't wallow in failure. Instead, learn from it.

Bill Gates
- Failure
- Learn
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.

John Ortberg
- Done
- Failure
This day’s failure wasn’t at all about lacking brains; it was about will. It was about ownership. It was about not having much experience or interest in seeing tasks through to completion.

Benjamin E. Sasse