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title: "11 Willingness Fail Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Willingness Fail quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Willingness Fail sayings and thoughts."
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> [My willingness to fail gives me the ability to succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinod-khosla/my-willingness-to-fail-gives-me-the-ability-to-succeed/)

[Vinod Khosla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinod-khosla/)

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> [I think we need more willingness to fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cmat/i-think-we-need-more-willingness-to-fail/)

[CMAT](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cmat/)

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> [The willingness to fail gives us the freedom to succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinod-khosla/the-willingness-to-fail-gives-us-the-freedom-to-succeed/)

[Vinod Khosla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinod-khosla/)

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> [Your willingness to fail is what will let you succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinod-khosla/your-willingness-to-fail-is-what-will-let-you-succeed/)

[Vinod Khosla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinod-khosla/)

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> [You need the willingness to fail all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-backus/you-need-the-willingness-to-fail-all-the-time/)

[John Backus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-backus/)

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> [Risk is the willingness to fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-turner/risk-is-the-willingness-to-fail/)

[Kathleen Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-turner/)

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> [“If you don’t have a willingness to fail, you’re going to have to be very careful not to invent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/if-you-don-t-have-a-willingness-to-fail-you-re-going-to-have-to-be/)

[Ray Dalio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-dalio/)

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> [“If you don't want to lose your job, you become conservative, you keep your head down," he told me. "And it's pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanjay-gupta/if-you-don-t-want-to-lose-your-job-you-become-conservative-you-keep/)

[Sanjay Gupta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanjay-gupta/)

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> [You need the willingness to fail all the time. You have to generate many ideas and then you have to work very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-backus/you-need-the-willingness-to-fail-all-the-time-you-have-to-generate/)

[John Backus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-backus/)

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> [“Jeff Bezos described it well when he said, “You have to have a willingness to repeatedly fail. If you don’t have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/jeff-bezos-described-it-well-when-he-said-you-have-to-have-a/)

[Ray Dalio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-dalio/)

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> [“Failure hurts, but failing is a part of the free market. It is a part of economic renewal. The nature of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-draper/failure-hurts-but-failing-is-a-part-of-the-free-market-it-is-a-part/)

[Tim Draper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-draper/)

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