Quotes about Failure
The ambitious climb high and perilous stairs, and never care how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up their fear of a fall.
— Thomas Adams
Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
— John Ortberg
A strategy that doesn't take into account resources is doomed to failure.
— John Maxwell
More people are ruined by victory, I imagine, than be defeat.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
— Napoleon Hill
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.—Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho (1983)
— Samuel Beckett
If you don't pay the price for success, you'll pay the price for failure.
— Zig Ziglar
The quickest way to disappointment is to set unreasonable expectations.
— Jason Fried
Failure is not a prerequisite for success.
— Jason Fried
Another common misconception: You need to learn from your mistakes. What do you really learn from mistakes? You might learn what not to do again, but how valuable is that? You still don't know what you should do next. Contrast that with learning from your successes.
— Jason Fried
Under the glitter of their opportunities she saw the poverty of their achievement.
— Edith Wharton
Her failure was a useful preliminary to success.
— Edith Wharton