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Failure Quotes


"It is always better to fail than not to participate."


"Personal struggles, mistakes, and perseverance are part of every person's life story. A proper mindset can turn failure into a gift. Specific human qualities such as intelligence and adaptive skills can be cultivated through applied effort to assist a person overcome a resounding failure. Each person would be wise to ask how does a person cope " grapple " with failure? We derive strength from our struggles."


"When you get tired of worrying and mourning your horse and trying not to be afraid, tell me and I'll do it for you a while so you can shut your eyes and sleep peaceful."


"A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself."


"We don't have time for such uncertainty because it reliably breeds indecision, and indecision is one of the mothers of failure."



"My mother phones daily to ask 'Did you just try to reach me?' When I reply no she adds 'So if you're not too busy call me while I'm still alive ' . . . and hangs up."


"Think of a world where 'Detachment, 'Gratitude and 'Empathy were subjects included in every grade school's curriculum. A new generation would emerge with an attitude of peace, contentment and an overall appreciation for everything and everyone."


"Without doing one cannot fail. But one cannot succeed either."


"It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success."


"Celebrate your failures as much as your successes; both are lessons."


"If mediocrity is your benchmark, you always sit on the bench!"


"Admire the efforts of a failure like you admire the beauty of a sunset."


"Failure generates its own majesty. Defeat becomes a panoptic stain on the soul; it creates its own all-embracing pathos. Reverses engulf us in fleshy feelings of self-pity, sorrow, and apathy. Resounding setbacks might even be subtlety attractive because it means we can give up trying. It is tempting to accept defeat, surrender to our insecurities, and admit that because of failing to accomplish one particular goal that the best part of our life was wasted. Cynically writing ourselves off as a failure, we are free to capitulate to the emptiness of our lives."


"The fear of failure is a liability."


"Failure is an opportunity to reflect and realize."


"The only failure is giving up."


"Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again."


"Failure is not the deterrent for the next try. Rather, it is information that empowers the next step."


"Failing to win is not important, but failing to participate is."


"Failure is your inability to recognize that you have made the same mistakes again. Making a mistake is normal, it turns abnormal when it's not recognized!"


"Failure could bring the best opportunity to start the most wonderful life."


"Failure is not the end, it is an opportunity to begin again."


"Fail big. Fail better.Try again. Without looking for a shelter."
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