--- title: "13 Failure Teacher Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 13 Failure Teacher quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Failure Teacher sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/connor-franta-11370_failure_failure-is-your-teacher-not-your-judge-1_1450137.jpg" --- > [“Failure is your teacher, not your judge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connor-franta/failure-is-your-teacher-not-your-judge/) [Connor Franta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connor-franta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/connor-franta-11370_failure_failure-is-your-teacher-not-your-judge-1_1450137.jpg) > [Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-maxwell/failure-should-be-our-teacher-not-our-undertaker/) [John C. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-maxwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea9/john-c-maxwell-113_dead-ends_failure-should-be-our-teacher-not-our-un_470116.jpg) > [Failure is a teacher; a harsh one, but the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-j-watson/failure-is-a-teacher-a-harsh-one-but-the-best/) [Thomas J. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-j-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/thomas-j-watson-22867_failure_failure-is-a-teacher-a-harsh-one-but-the_1391693.png) > [Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zig-ziglar/make-failure-your-teacher-not-your-undertaker/) [Zig Ziglar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zig-ziglar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/zig-ziglar-263_failure_make-failure-your-teacher-not-your-under_1758186.png) > [Failure should be our teacher..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-waitley/failure-should-be-our-teacher/) [Denis Waitley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-waitley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6c/denis-waitley-977_failure_failure-should-be-our-teacher-2558594_2558594.jpg) > [Learn from your failure today,so that you can survive tomorrow.Make failure your teacher,not your undertaker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dranil-kr-sinha/learn-from-your-failure-today-so-that-you-can-survive-tomorrow-make/) [DrAnil Kr Sinha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dranil-kr-sinha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/dranil-kr-sinha-102_failure_learn-from-your-failure-today-so-that-yo_699506.jpg) > [It is a common mistake to think of failure as the enemy of success. Failure is a teacher-a harsh one, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-j-watson/it-is-a-common-mistake-to-think-of-failure-as-the-enemy-of-success/) [Thomas J. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-j-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/thomas-j-watson-22867_common_it-is-a-common-mistake-to-think-of-failu_439392.png) > [Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-waitley/failure-should-be-our-teacher-not-our-undertaker-failure-is-delay-not/) [Denis Waitley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-waitley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/denis-waitley-977_dead-end_failure-should-be-our-teacher-not-our-un_2542087.jpg) > [Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, nor our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-arthur-ward/failure-is-not-fatal-failure-should-be-our-teacher-nor-our-undertaker/) [William Arthur Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-arthur-ward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/william-arthur-ward-2681_accomplishment_failure-is-not-fatal-failure-should-be-o_1840456.png) > [Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/failure-should-be-our-teacher-not-our-undertaker-it-is-delay-not/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/anonymous-1_defeat_failure-should-be-our-teacher-not-our-un_2399020.jpg) > [“Partly this has to do with the tendency for females to blame failure on a lack of ability. Males do just the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-young/partly-this-has-to-do-with-the-tendency-for-females-to-blame-failure/) [Valerie Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/valerie-young-14730_enough-time_partly-this-has-to-do-with-the-tendency_604091.jpg) > [“You’re thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. Failure is a teacher – a harsh one,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-gordon/you-re-thinking-of-failure-as-the-enemy-of-success-but-it-isn-t-at/) [Arthur Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/arthur-gordon-38699_failure_you-re-thinking-of-failure-as-the-enemy_1351646.jpg) > [“here? How had he managed to bring Mrs. Kent here so quickly? It didn’t make any... ​Oh, but it did. Mr. Thomas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-kahler/here-how-had-he-managed-to-bring-mrs-kent-here-so-quickly-it-didn-t/) [Katrina Kahler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katrina-kahler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/katrina-kahler-8916_better-now_here-how-had-he-managed-to-bring-mrs-ken_2428543.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure-teacher/#itemlist", "name": "Failure Teacher Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Failure is your teacher, not your judge.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Connor Franta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connor-franta/failure-is-your-teacher-not-your-judge/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/connor-franta-11370_failure_failure-is-your-teacher-not-your-judge-1_1450137.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/connor-franta-11370_failure_failure-is-your-teacher-not-your-judge-1_1450137.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/connor-franta-11370_failure_failure-is-your-teacher-not-your-judge-1_1450137.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Failure is your teacher, not your judge.” — Connor Franta", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John C. 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