Quotes about failure

"Your failures won't hurt you until you start blaming them on others."

Unknown, Source on failure
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"To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to kill a fly on his friend's forehead."

Unknown, Source on failure   

"Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on failure   

"In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try."

Viscott, David on failure   

"To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again."

Viscott, David on failure
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"Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."

Waitley, Denis on failure
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"Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success."

Waitley, Denis on failure
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"There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons."

Waitley, Denis on failure
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"The only true failure lies in failure to start."

Walker, Harold Blake on failure   

"The greatest failure is a person who never admits that he can be a failure."

Weiskott, Gerald. N. on failure   

"Many men fail because they quit too soon. They lose faith when the signs are against them. They do not have the courage to hold on, to keep fighting in spite of that which seems insurmountable. If more of us would strike out and attempt the impossible, we very soon would find the truth of that old saying that nothing is impossible... abolish fear and you can accomplish anything you wish."

Welch, Dr. C. E. on failure   

"He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts."

Whately, Richard on failure   

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"Every failure is a step to success."

Whewell, William on failure   

"Thought is born of failure."

Whyte, Lancelot Law on failure   

"Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults -- Ah! there is the sting of life."

Wilde, Oscar on failure
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"You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life."

Williams, A.L. on failure
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"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness."

Winfrey, Oprah on failure
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"If all this happened to you what paradigm might you develop? How might that paradigm affect you in terms of your life from that point on? What does this tell you about Abe? There are no failures, only lessons to be learned."

Winfrey, Oprah on failure   

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."

Wooden, John on failure
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"The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success."

Yogananda, Paramahansa on failure   

"Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street."

Ziglar, Zig on failure
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"Don't confront me with my failures. I have not forgotten them."

Jackson Browne on failure   

"Try to seek for the success, never find an excuse for the failure."

Kazeronnie Mak on failure   

"“There is no feeling quite so lonely as failure.” "

Fry, Jeffrey on failure