In Failure Quotes
It takes ten good decisions to make up for one disastrous one. This is why it is better not to make nine good decisions than to make one bad one—which is what happens most of the time.
His thoughts flicked between the confidence of the Anyala Stone, the expectations of his world, and, the certainty of his failure.
No if's, but's or maybe's. It's all or nothing. You're either going to soar to new heights or crash and burn. Why live by any other philosophy.
For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.Rita Mae Brown
Any defensiveness is a sign of failure. You can't move forward if you are defensive.
We all make mistakes. It is important to learn from them and just as important to know when to move on.
Once you discover that failure is survivable, your fear of it subsides. Failure is not opposite to success, just part of its process.
Failure leads to a decrease in motivation only when it is accepted as failure. Failure leads students to improve when they see it is a stepping stone on the road to success.
Failure in and of itself is not a bad thing. But failing to learn from it is inexcusable.
When failing spectacularly the trick is to employ an inverted Schadenfreude. Take ownership of your misfortune.
I’ve written for the waste basket so often that we’ve become friends. He writes too, but it’s mostly garbage.
Sometimes coping with the difficulties success brings is much more difficult than coping with the difficulties failure brings!
When you fail, you can resist correction or cooperate in your recovery and future success.
Jumping from failure to failure with undiminished enthusiasm is the big secret to success.
Let your experience be not one of failure but one that has taught you new things which you would not have known had you not tried
The goal, then, is to uncouple fear and failure—to create an environment in which making mistakes doesn’t strike terror into your employees’ hearts.
On hindsight every failure is the best medicine, bitter but effective
...no matter how much success you may experience in life, your eventual story - no offence intended - will be one of failure. Your bodily organs will fail, and you'll die.
But all you see is the crap. So you don't have to believe in anything. So you'll have an excuse to fail.
When you are gunning to be like other people, you are foolishly repeating their mistakes, and the worst of it all is that you can't even correct yours.
I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?
There is treasure hidden beneath the entire land, but the problem is people are unwilling to dig it out.
To be defeated is only a fable in which one may tell of oneself. I will try and I will try again, though never shall I call it failure. I am simply one step closer to thy truth.
Dreams aren't only an illusion to put you into a subconsciously pleasurable state of mind for the time being, but also a pathway to gain complete contentment.
Predictions of failure have never stopped those whose ambitions are driven by their unwavering vision.
Failure is the ultimate motivator, the supreme teacher, and the definitive guarantee of life. Failure is what makes success so addictive.
God has provided you with many avenues for obtaining wisdom and averting failure. Resist your inclination to accept advice with easy solutions and to reject help that requires a more difficult path.
When we go to the fair in disguise, we never win at archery or at singlestick. We do get some nice compliments on our disguises, but no more than that.
Success is not an end in itself. It should be a means to an end - happiness. If success does not lead to happiness, it is called "failure".
The Fed’s policies have been an unqualified success for financiers and an abject failure for the bottom 99.5% who have to work for a living.
If you adjust first time, compromise second time, failure is what you will get third time.
To find the courage to keep writing after constant failure is awesomeness. Winning is eminent.
The worst outcome of not trying is never getting to fail.
She posed as being more indolent than she felt, for fear of finding herself less able than she could wish.