Quotes about Failure

“America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.”

“I had to succeed. Failure means I would have to be homeless again.”

“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”

“War is the greatest failure of mankind.”

“To err is human, but it feels divine.”

“Failure is a better teacher than success. I am what I am today because of failures and successes.”

“In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure.”

“So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.”

“Success and failure are equally disastrous.”

“A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.”

“If we say we trust in Him, but in reality do not, then God, taking us at our word, lets us see that we do not really confide in Him; and hence failure arises.”

“There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failure that people project when something disappoints. You're back to ground zero, where there's no expectations, and that's where I like to be.”

“A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.”

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.”

“Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that. The Titanic saved lives because we're building bigger and bigger ships. So these people died, but we have effectively improved the safety of the system, and nothing failed in vain.”

“The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain.”

“People who try to tackle failure attract failure. The more you indulge in analysis, it gets tougher. So just keep making mistakes and learn.”

“Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others.”

“Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.”

“I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.”

“I recognise life is like a magnet. Positive and negative are on the opposite sides of the magnet. You can try to cut the negative part off, but it's still there. When you accept both of them, it's like, 'You know what? Don't get too identified with success or too identified with failure - just be cool with them.'”