Failure Quotes

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I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion. — Yohji Yamamoto
The failure to think positively can weigh on a cancer patient like a second disease. — Barbara Ehrenreich
We will not find the solution to problems of violence, alienation, ignorance, and unhappiness in increasing our security, imposing more tests, punishing schools for their… — Nel Noddings
Ultimately, everyone has to ask himself or herself how they're going to fail. We all do, you know, so let's get that out of the… — Keith Ferrazzi
The nature of process, to one degree or another, involves failure. You have at it. It doesnâ€™t work. You keep pushing. It gets better. But… — Saul Bass
It is very important to embrace failure and to do a lot of stuff â€” as much stuff as possible â€” with as little fear… — Stefan Sagmeister
Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what… — Robert McKee
Iâ€™ve learned that possibly the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your… — Pete Carroll
America's most dangerous diseases have developed an immunity to politics. We suffer not from a failure of political organization or power, but a failure of… — Cal Thomas
Failure or success in business is primarily not determined by mental capacity but by MENTAL ATTITUDES — Walter Dill Scott
We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many… — Richard Lewontin
Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we believe in the… — Mariella Frostrup
I'm more afraid of success than failure. Success makes us so sure of ourselves that we do not analyze the factors that lead us to… — Jorge Valdano
Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He keeps going… — Lev Yilmaz
Love your experiments (as you would an ugly child). Joy is the engine of growth. Exploit the liberty in casting your work as beautiful experiments,… — Bruce Mau
You are destined to reign in life. You are called by the Lord to be a success, to enjoy wealth, to enjoy health, and to… — Joseph Prince
Simplicity takes time, patience & practice. Complexity offers too many excuses for failure — Dean Cavanagh
Failure and setbacks and struggles are where all the good stuff happens. — Teri McKeever
Women punish themselves for the failure to conform. — Sandra Bartky
No one can be guaranteed success without failures along the way. But one thing that guarantees failure is never taking action. — Clifton Anderson

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