Fail Quotes

3161 quotes by 2175 authors

He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail — Confucius
Brilliant men are often strikingly ineffectual. They fail to realize that the brilliant insight is not by itself achievement. They never have learned that insights… — Peter Drucker
Strive for excellence in your calling, but as a subsidiary to this: Do not fail to enrich your whole capital as man. To be a… — William Matthews
We Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example - particularly in times that require careful deliberation before any precipitous action - lest… — Peter Yarrow
It is desire that engenders belief; if we fail as a rule to take this into account, it is because most of the desires that… — Marcel Proust
Achievers rarely, if ever, see a problem as permanent,while those who fail see even the smallest problems as permanent — Tony Robbins
We must expect to fail...but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned… — Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom
Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one — Walter Savage Landor
Be true to yourself and you will never fail. — Stephen LaBerge
You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. — Lupita Nyong'o
If we fail to encourage physical development and prowess, we will undermine our capcity for thought, for work, and for use of those skills vital… — John F. Kennedy
Often, you have to fail as a writer before you write that bestselling novel or ground-breaking memoir. If you're failing as a writer - which… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing. — Marc Andreessen
The best advice I got from my aunt, the great singer Rosemary Clooney, and from my dad, who was a game show host and news… — George Clooney
Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you… — A. E. Hotchner
I was blessed with a sense of my own destiny. I have never sold myself short. I have never judged myself by other people's standards.… — Sophia Loren
Try to do unto others as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much… — Charles Dickens
Refuse to ever use the term 'failure' again about yourself or anyone else. Remind yourself that wehn things didn't go as planned you didn't fail,… — Wayne Dyer
Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed. — Michelangelo
If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail. — Jeff Bezos

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