Failure Quotes

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It was a mistake and I made the mistake because I was conservative and played safe. And that way lies failure." "Must do it... constantly… — Peter O'Toole
Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead… — George Horace Lorimer
These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger; nonobservance of discipline;… — Sun Tzu
The essential factor of military success is speed, that is taking advantage of others' unpreparedness or lack of foresight, their failure to catch up, going… — Sun Tzu
When it comes to the education of our children... failure is not an option. — George W. Bush
If you want to double your success ratio, you have to double your failure ratio. — Harvey Mackay
A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure. — Nicolas Chamfort
Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God. — Charles Horton Cooley
This is the road I have tried to follow as a teacher: living my convictions; being open to the process of knowing and being sensitive… — Paulo Freire
But when all is said and done, the fact remains that some teachers have a naturally inspiring presence and can make their exercises interesting, whilst… — William James
Good things don't happen by coincidence. Every dream carries with it certain risks, especially the risk of failure. But I am not stopped by risks.… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better. — Wendell Phillips
Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes. — Rick Pitino
Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure. — Laozi
I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder… — Michael Jordan
I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach… — Knute Rockne
The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity...if we want to see might wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the… — Hudson Taylor
Courage allows the successful woman to fail - and to learn powerful lessons from the failure - so that in the end, she didn't fail… — Maya Angelou
The fundamental failure of most graphic, product, architectural and even urban design is its insistence on serving the God of Looking-Good rather than the God… — Richard Saul Wurman
It's just as sure a recipe for failure to have the right idea fifty years too soon as five years too late. — John R. Platt

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