Quotes about failure

Failure is not the opposite to success, it’s a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be approved of, then we are not going to take risks, we are not going to speak out, we are going to try to blend in.

Arianna Huffington

Let’s face it, we’re all imperfect and we’re going to fall short on occasion. But we must learn from failure and that will enable us to avoid repeating our mistakes. Through adversity, we learn, grow stronger, and become better people.

John Wooden

Confidence and hard work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you a successful person.

Abdul Kalam

You will fail many times but in failing you’ll learn and in learning you’ll find your way. Remember, there are no mistakes in life but only lessons, and lessons will keep on repeating until learned.

Paulo Coelho

Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.

Abdul Kalam

I failed, many times in my life. One failure that I always remember was when my second book was rejected by 36 publishers. Many years later, I watched HuffPost come alive.

Arianna Huffington

No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility if you now fail or refuse to demand riches of life, because the acceptance calls for but one thing.

Napoleon Hill

There’s no easy way around it, no matter how talented you are. Your talent is going to fail you if you’re not skilled.

Will Smith

Don’t grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead.

Confucius

Doing something extraordinarily good is very hard to do and you could fail. Extraordinarily bad is easy to do – it’s much easier to burn down a building than to build one.

Tony Robbins