--- title: "12 Failure Work Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Failure Work quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Failure Work sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/jack-hyles-6879_differences_the-difference-between-success-and-failu_1071879.jpg" --- > [The difference between success and failure is work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-hyles/the-difference-between-success-and-failure-is-work/) [Jack Hyles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-hyles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/jack-hyles-6879_differences_the-difference-between-success-and-failu_1071879.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) > [“Rust is the failure of the work of man. The project, the venture, the experiment: failed, given up on, and not cleaned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/rust-is-the-failure-of-the-work-of-man-the-project-the-venture-the/) [Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/martin-amis-704_failure_rust-is-the-failure-of-the-work-of-man-t_3182495.jpg) > [Sometimes failure work out best for us to achieve our goals. Because we already learned from our last mistakes. So don't quit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-prakash-ray/sometimes-failure-work-out-best-for-us-to-achieve-our-goals-because/) [Anurag Prakash Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-prakash-ray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/anurag-prakash-ray-38_failure_sometimes-failure-work-out-best-for-us-t_1179955.jpg) > [“don't make a business plan before you make a personal plan, a poor mind will only lead to failure, work on yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anath-lee-wales/don-t-make-a-business-plan-before-you-make-a-personal-plan-a-poor/) [Anath Lee Wales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anath-lee-wales/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/anath-lee-wales-42367_author-of-the-new-ge_don-t-make-a-business-plan-before-you-ma_877803.jpg) > [I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-irons/i-constantly-experience-failure-in-that-my-work-is-never-as-good-as-i/) [Jeremy Irons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-irons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/jeremy-irons-10161_failure_i-constantly-experience-failure-in-that_1223659.jpg) > [To be a programmer is to develop a carefully managed relationship with error. There's no getting around it. You either make your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/to-be-a-programmer-is-to-develop-a-carefully-managed-relationship/) [Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/ellen-ullman-3943_errors_to-be-a-programmer-is-to-develop-a-caref_1526597.jpg) > [Workers for Christ are never to think, much less to speak, of failure in their work. The Lord Jesus is our efficiency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-g-white/workers-for-christ-are-never-to-think-much-less-to-speak-of-failure/) [Ellen G. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-g-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/ellen-g-white-1229_all-things_workers-for-christ-are-never-to-think-mu_1634602.jpg) > [“Nevertheless, what was made in the hope of transforming the world need not be rejected because it failed to do so –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hughes/nevertheless-what-was-made-in-the-hope-of-transforming-the-world-need/) [Robert Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/robert-hughes-9113_affirmation_nevertheless-what-was-made-in-the-hope-o_2994383.jpg) > [In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/in-god-s-world-for-those-who-are-in-earnest-there-is-no-failure-no-2/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/frederick-william-robertson-39_charity_in-god-s-world-for-those-who-are-in-earn_415659.png) > [The successes in the entertainment business are like one percent of the iceberg that you see, and the other ninety-nine percent, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tucker/the-successes-in-the-entertainment-business-are-like-one-percent-of/) [Jonathan Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tucker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/jonathan-tucker-20706_business_the-successes-in-the-entertainment-busin_3221714.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) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure-work/#itemlist", "name": "Failure Work Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The difference between success and failure is work.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Hyles" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-hyles/the-difference-between-success-and-failure-is-work/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/jack-hyles-6879_differences_the-difference-between-success-and-failu_1071879.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/jack-hyles-6879_differences_the-difference-between-success-and-failu_1071879.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/jack-hyles-6879_differences_the-difference-between-success-and-failu_1071879.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The difference between success and failure is work.” — Jack Hyles", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a common mistake to think of failure as the enemy of success. 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