Quotes about Failure
No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance. He will drop the ball; he will crash. That's why they call it rewriting.
— Steven Pressfield
Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.
— Ben Stein
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
— Elbert Hubbard
My parents' sacrifice and hard work obligated me to be successful, it wasn't an option to fail.
— Wayne Messam
The capacity to surmount failure without being discouraged is the chief asset of every person who attains outstanding success in any calling.
— Napoleon Hill
The person who moves with definiteness recognizes the difference between temporary defeat and failure. When plans fail he substitutes others but he does not change his purpose. He perseveres.
— Napoleon Hill
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
— Napoleon Hill
Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.
— Napoleon Hill
Failure always is a blessing when it forces one to acquire knowledge or to build habits that lead to the achievement of one's major purpose in life.
— Napoleon Hill
There comes with every experience of temporary defeat, and every failure and every form of adversity, the seed of an equivalent benefit
— Napoleon Hill
Every adversity, every unpleasant circumstance, every failure, and every physical pain carries with it the seed of an equivalent benefit.
— Napoleon Hill
Failure brings a climax in which one has the privilege of clearing his mind of fear and making a new start in another direction.
— Napoleon Hill