Failure Quote of the Day
“Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains two descriptions: might have, and should have.” – Louis E. Boone
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Wise Quotes about Life
It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it. – Albert Einstein
To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. – John W. Gardner
A hopeless person feels difficulty in every chance but, a hopeful person feels a chance in every difficulty. – Unknown
See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little. – Pope John XXIII
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Now that it’s all over, what did you really do yesterday that’s worth mentioning? – Coleman Cox
Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. – Unknown
A single conversation across a table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books. – Chinese proverb
Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. – Unknown
Don’t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window – or break down a door. – Unknown
Motivational Michael Jordan Quotes
– “I can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying.”
– “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
– “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”
– “Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”
– “I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.”
– “Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”
– “I’ve failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”
– “I don’t do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.”
– “I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.”
– “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
– “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
Charile Chaplin Funny Quotes
– “I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.”
– “Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.”
– “A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
– “We think too much and feel too little.”
– “Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.”
– “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”
– “The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.”
– “All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.”
– “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles.”
– “To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!”
– “That´s what all we are. Amateurs. We don´t live long enough to be anything else.”
– “In the end, everything is a gag.”
Motivational Quotes for Overcoming Failure
Before success comes in any man’s life he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps, some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. – Napoleon Hill
Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional. – Roger Crawford
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. – Ernest Hemingway
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. – James A. Michener
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. – George E. Woodberry
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. – Josephus Daniels
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. – Dale Carnegie
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. – Robert Galvin
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. – John Wooden
Don’t be afraid to fail. Don’t waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It’s OK to fail. If you’re not failing, you’re not growing. – H. Stanley Judd
Funny Failure Quotes
If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you have tried. – Rule of Failure
Show me a good and gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure. – Knute Rockne
All the world loves a good loser. – Kin Hubbard
There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose. – Kin Hubbard
I had a mother who taught me there is no such thing as failure. It is just a temporary postponement of success. – Buddy Ebsen
If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously! – Cate Blanchett
The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don’t give a damn. – Agatha Christie
They stayed away in droves. – Samuel Goldwyn
If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style. – Quentin Crisp
Failure Quotes
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. – Donald Trump
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. – Henry Ford
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. – Henry Ford
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. – Henry Ford
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. – Henry Ford
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. – George Edward Woodberry
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. – Dale Carnegie
Failure is success if we learn from it. – Malcolm Forbes
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. – Michael Jordan
In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time. – Anthony J. D’Angelo
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have. – Dale Carnegie
If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. – Dale Carnegie
Failure Quote of the Day
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.
Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can’t sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can’t sleep with the window open.
Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.
Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.
Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.
Most people do not pray; they only beg.
My reputation grows with every failure.
Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.
Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.
Failure Quotes
– “If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.” – Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
– “Failure is an event, never a person.” – William D. Brown, Welcome Stress!
– “The only time you don’t fail is the last time you try anything – and it works.” – William Strong
– “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
– “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” – Bill Cosby
– “There is no failure except in no longer trying.” – Elbert Hubbard
– “Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down.” – Mary Pickford
– “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett
– “Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure… it just means you haven’t succeeded yet.” – Robert Schuller
– “One fails forward toward success.” – Charles F. Kettering
– “One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.” – Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
– “A man may fall many times, but he won’t be a failure until he says that someone pushed him.” – Elmer G. Letterman
– “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald