Failure Inspirational Quotes - Page 2

• One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Fear, Failure

  Henry Ford (2007). “My Life and Work”, p.273, Cosimo, Inc.

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  Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

  Washington Irving

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Washington Irving (2014). “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.181, Penguin

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• Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker

  John C. Maxwell

  Teacher, Life And Love, Failure

  Twitter post from Mar 7, 2016

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  A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Amateurs built the Ark; Professionals built the Titanic.

  Elizabeth May

  Fear, Trying Something New, Ark

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• Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

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  I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.

  William Arthur Ward

  Failure, Delay, Detours

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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  I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

  Bill Cosby

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Quoted in Barbara Rowes, The Book of Quotes (1979)

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  There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

  Colin Powell

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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  Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

  Henry Ford

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Why Not Try God?", Chapter 6 (newspaper serial) in St. Petersburg Times, sect. 2, p. 3, news.google.com. January 25, 1936.

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

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Death, Failure

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 29, 2014

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• Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm.

  Winston Churchill

  Motivational, Success, Failure

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• I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Break Up, Breakup

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Dec 20, 2016

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• There is no failure except in no longer trying.

  Chris Bradford

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Failure, Errors

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 31, 2016

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• It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

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  Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

  Unpopular Essays (1950) "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish"

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• Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

  Twyla Tharp

  Giving Up, Life Lesson, Failure

  "A Conversation With Choreographer Twyla Tharp". Interview with David Shenk, www.theatlantic.com. February 26, 2010.

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  You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

  Beverly Sills

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Incredible Quotations: 230 Thought-Provoking Quotes with Prompts to Spark Students' Writing, Thinking, and Discussion". Book by Jacqueline Sweeney, 1997.

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• "Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Encouraging, Perseverance, Encouragement

  "Why Not Try God?". "St. Petersburg Times" Newspaper, sect. 2, (p. 3), January 25, 1936.

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• You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.

  Johnny Cash

  Mistake, Failure, Use

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 08, 2014

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