Quotes about Failure

Failure is a blessing when it forces one to depend less upon material forces and more upon spiritual forces.

Every adversity, every failure   and every heartache carries with it   the Seed of an equivalent   or a greater Benefit

Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A quitter never wins—and a winner never quits. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work.

I remember with my first album, I was so scared of messing it up, of blowing the opportunity, that I blew it.

We will fail God, we will fail our family, and our family might fail us at times, but God never fails us.

I can assure you that there is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. You learn that which is of inestimable importance — that there are a great many people in the world who are just as clever as you are.

A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.

But if we love God for something less than Himself, we cherish a desire that can fail us. We run the risk of hating Him if we do not get what we hope for.

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.