Failure Quotes

The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.

Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success.

You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't get failures, you're not pushing hard enough on the objectives.

The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan.

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.

Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which "clicks."

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.

It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.

I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now.

You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.

Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying.

Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success.

I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure.

Failure has gone to his head.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen. Kerry.

In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.

Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best.

Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.

The banking collapse was caused, more than anything, by bad government policy and the total failure of bad regulation, rather than by greed.