Quotes about Failure
There can be glory in failure and despair in success.
— Abraham Lincoln
Without the assistance of that divine being, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him, who can go with me, remain with you and be everywhere for good let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.
— Abraham Lincoln
By trying to please everybody, he had pleased nobody, and lost his Ass besides.
— Aesop
The figure of the crucified invalidates all thought which takes success for its standard.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The form of the crucified disarms all thinking aimed at success, for it is a denial of judgment. Neither the triumph of the successful, nor bitter hatred of the successful by those who fail, can finally cope with the world. Jesus is certainly no advocate for the successful in history, but neither does he lead the revolt of the failures against the successful.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life.
— Napoleon Hill
The biggest mistake sometimes is to play things very safe in this life and end up being moral failures.
— Dorothy Day
The biggest mistake you can make in your life is to be always afraid of making a mistake.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.
— Les Brown
The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.
— Norman Vincent Peale
I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched.
— Jonah Hill
To achieve your dreams, you must embrace adversity and make failure a regular part of your life. If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.
— John Maxwell