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Quotes About Failure: Embrace, Learn, and Rise Beyond

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Here are 100 quotes about failure to inspire and encourage resilience:

1. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston S. Churchill

2. "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." - Henry Ford

3. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela

4. "Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail." - Bruce Lee

5. "Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." - Truman Capote

6. "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas A. Edison

7. "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston S. Churchill

8. "It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." - Theodore Roosevelt

9. "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." - Henry Ford

10. "Failure isn't fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

11. "The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried." - Stephen McCranie

12. "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Confucius

13. "Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit." - Napoleon Hill

14. "Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo." - Jon Sinclair

15. "Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes it's built on catastrophe." - Sumner Redstone

16. "The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows." - Buddha

17. "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston S. Churchill

18. "You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." - Maya Angelou

19. "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

20. "If you fell down yesterday, stand up today." - H.G. Wells

21. "What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

22. "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Confucius

23. "Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success." - Napoleon Hill

24. "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." - Robert F. Kennedy

25. "Success is not in never failing, but rising every time we fall." - Unknown

26. "Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up." - Chinese proverb

27. "The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything—and it works." - William Strong

28. "Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something." - Morihei Ueshiba

29. "I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." - Michael Jordan

30. "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw

31. "Don't let your failures define you, let them teach you." - Unknown

32. "Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure." - Aisha Tyler

33. "Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement." - C.S. Lewis

34. "The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." - Henry Ford

35. "Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden



36. "In the real world, the smartest people are people who make mistakes and learn. In school, the smartest people don't make mistakes." - Robert Kiyosaki

37. "It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure." - Bill Gates

38. "I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless." - Neal Shusterman

39. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

40. "The phoenix must burn to emerge." - Janet Fitch

41. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston S. Churchill

42. "It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default." - J.K. Rowling

43. "The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." - Colin R. Davis

44. "There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period." - Brené Brown

45. "Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end." - Denis Waitley

46. "You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there." - Edwin Louis Cole

47. "I have failed again and again throughout my life. That's why I've been successful." - Michael Jordan

48. "You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone." - Johnny Cash

49. "Never let success get to your head, and never let failure get to your heart." - Drake

50. "Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes it's built on catastrophe." - Sumner Redstone

51. "Failure is just the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." - Henry Ford

52. "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." - Winston S. Churchill

53. "Failures are the stairs we climb to reach success." - Roy T. Bennett

54. "The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment." - Deborah Moggach

55. "Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall." - Confucius

56. "To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles." - T.F. Hodge

57. "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome." - Booker T. Washington

58. "If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success." - James Cameron

59. "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." - Henry Ford

60. "You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated." - Maya Angelou

61. "The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart." - Robert Green Ingersoll

62. "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Confucius

63. "Failure is an event, never a person." - William D. Brown

64. "In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein

65. "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

66. "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer

67. "Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success." - Napoleon Hill

68. "Success is not in never failing, but rising every time we fall." - Unknown

69. "It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default." - J.K. Rowling

70. "There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period." - Brené Brown



71. "Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes it's built on catastrophe." - Sumner Redstone

72. "Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end." - Denis Waitley

73. "You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there." - Edwin Louis Cole

74. "I have failed again and again throughout my life. That's why I've been successful." - Michael Jordan

75. "You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone." - Johnny Cash

76. "Never let success get to your head, and never let failure get to your heart." - Drake

77. "Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes it's built on catastrophe." - Sumner Redstone

78. "Failure is just the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." - Henry Ford

79. "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." - Winston S. Churchill

80. "Failures are the stairs we climb to reach success." - Roy T. Bennett

81. "The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment." - Deborah Moggach

82. "Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall." - Confucius

83. "To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles." - T.F. Hodge

84. "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome." - Booker T. Washington

85. "If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success." - James Cameron

86. "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." - Henry Ford

87. "You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated." - Maya Angelou

88. "The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart." - Robert Green Ingersoll

89. "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Confucius

90. "Failure is an event, never a person." - William D. Brown

91. "In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein

92. "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

93. "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer

94. "The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it." - Jordan Belfort

95. "It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up." - Vince Lombardi

96. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston S. Churchill

97. "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." - Bill Cosby

98. "There is no failure except in no longer trying." - Elbert Hubbard

99. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

100. "Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston S. Churchill

May these quotes on failure remind you that every setback is an opportunity for growth and success.

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