Quotes about Failure

“People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failure; they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong.”

“Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.”

“Sticking to good habits can be hard work, and mistakes are part of the process. Don't declare failure simply because you messed up or because you're having trouble reaching your goals. Instead, use your mistakes as opportunities to grow stronger and become better.”

“Failure is inherent in the game. So if you don't respond well to adversity, you're probably not going to have a long career.”

“What is indisputable is the fact that unbelief is the force that gives birth to all of our bad behavior and every moral failure. It is the root.”

“It is in our genes that we think of breaking up when we love and of failure and fall when we succeed.”

“You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure.”

“African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans.”

“There comes a point in your moviegoing life where you look at the screen and then you look at the world and you ask, 'What is going on?' You want the movies to show you the chaos and mess and risk and failure that are normal for a lot of us. Generally, the movies hide all of that.”

“That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly.”

“Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city.”

“Anyone who is willing for an instant to credit the claims of astral influence is a walking demonstration of the tragic failure of science education.”

“The only real failure is giving up.”

“I've never been a jealous person, and I've never felt built up by someone else's failure - that's a cheap thrill.”

“The draconian spirit that seeks to enhance penalties and to lower the age at which juveniles will be tries as adults, is part of the 'whole cloth' of three strikes. Our failure to address the depair of our inner-city youth is only delayed by our over-confidence in a stance that is 'tougher than thou.'”

“The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.”

“I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure.”

“My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.”

“At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren't where you want to be, you will always be a failure.”

“If you recognize a photograph by me, I'm a failure.”

“Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”