Age Quote by Sara Blakely

When I was growing up, my dad would encourage my brother and I to fail. We would be sitting at the dinner table and…

— Sara Blakely

When I was a child, my father used to encourage my brother and me to fail. At the dinner table, instead of asking about…

— Sara Blakely

My father always told me that I was going to be a failure - I think he was more talking about himself, but I…

— Frank Gehry

You learn as much from failure as from success, Dad always says. Though no one admires you for it.

— Karen Joy Fowler

I had a mother who taught me there is no such thing as failure. It is just a temporary postponement of success.

— Buddy Ebsen

My parents' sacrifice and hard work obligated me to be successful, it wasn't an option to fail.

— Wayne Messam

I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.

— Anne Baxter

Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. And it forced me at a young age to want to push myself so…

— Sara Blakely

Often, you'll fail. But, as my mother also taught me, failure isn't the opposite of success - it's a stepping stone to success.

— Arianna Huffington

Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.

— James Dyson

I believe failure sometimes teaches you more than success.

— Akshaye Khanna

Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.

— Elisabeth Elliot