--- title: "11 Better Failure Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Better Failure quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Better Failure sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/george-burns-2737_failure_its-better-to-be-a-failure-at-something_3041351.png" --- > [Its better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hat!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-burns/its-better-to-be-a-failure-at-something-you-love-than-to-be-a-success/) [George Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/george-burns-2737_failure_its-better-to-be-a-failure-at-something_3041351.png) > [I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-burns/i-honestly-think-it-is-better-to-be-a-failure-at-something-you-love/) [George Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44b/george-burns-2737_failure_i-honestly-think-it-is-better-to-be-a-fa_1139802.png) > [It is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikhil-saluja/it-is-better-to-be-a-failure-at-something-you-love-than-to-be-a/) [Nikhil Saluja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikhil-saluja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/nikhil-saluja-26_better_it-is-better-to-be-a-failure-at-somethin_750297.jpg) > [“To become a better you, do not see the failure of your first attempts and declare yourself a loser.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/to-become-a-better-you-do-not-see-the-failure-of-your-first-attempts/) [Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/israelmore-ayivor-79_attempt_to-become-a-better-you-do-not-see-the-fa_1031490.jpg) > [Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/better-to-be-the-failure-who-nobly-strived-than-the-success-who-never/) [Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/234/brandon-sanderson-112_failure_better-to-be-the-failure-who-nobly-striv_2116059.jpg) > [Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success, and in some ways it's better to have failure at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-crawford/sometimes-you-learn-more-from-failure-than-you-do-from-success-and-in/) [Michael Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-crawford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/michael-crawford-40409_career_sometimes-you-learn-more-from-failure-th_1904731.png) > [Success is better than failure; an attempt is a better attempt, it is better as an attempt, if competent than if incompetent;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/success-is-better-than-failure-an-attempt-is-a-better-attempt-it-is/) [Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/ernest-sosa-12656_competence_success-is-better-than-failure-an-attemp_520096.jpg) > [If I could only fancy myself clever, it would be better, but to be a failure of Nature and to know it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/if-i-could-only-fancy-myself-clever-it-would-be-better-but-to-be-a/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/george-eliot-84_clever_if-i-could-only-fancy-myself-clever-it-w_2362489.png) > [Go on in the certain way, and if you do not receive that thing, you will receive something so much better that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-d-wattles/go-on-in-the-certain-way-and-if-you-do-not-receive-that-thing-you/) [Wallace D. Wattles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-d-wattles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/wallace-d-wattles-1465_certain_go-on-in-the-certain-way-and-if-you-do-n_657945.jpg) > [Its better to be a failure at something you love than to succeed at doing something you hate. Dont let someone who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalinli/its-better-to-be-a-failure-at-something-you-love-than-to-succeed-at/) [Nalinli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalinli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/nalinli-59300_blood-sweat-and-tear_its-better-to-be-a-failure-at-something_1762918.jpg) > [Its better to be a failure at something you love than to succeed at doing something you hate. Dont ever let anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orebela-gbenga/its-better-to-be-a-failure-at-something-you-love-than-to-succeed-at-2/) [Orebela Gbenga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orebela-gbenga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/orebela-gbenga-2668_blood-sweat-and-tear_its-better-to-be-a-failure-at-something_3093452.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-failure/#itemlist", "name": "Better Failure Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Its better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hat!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Burns" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-burns/its-better-to-be-a-failure-at-something-you-love-than-to-be-a-success/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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