Failure Quotes

Dream is not that you see in the sleep; dream is that does not allow you to sleep.

The wise say that our failure is to form habits: for habit is the mark of a stereotyped world.

Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice.

But man is not made for defeat,'he said. 'A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.

Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved.

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

Man knows so much and does so little.

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Nature never excuses lapses.

You have committed a double mistake, firstly by not keeping the engagement yesterday and secondly, by coming when you were not expected.

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now

Failure is an event not a person