The 80 best phrases about failure

In life, failure comes very often, be it professionally or personally. It is very frequent that it appears when we seek success. For many people it is an apprenticeship, while for others it represents a defeat that is difficult to overcome.

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Best phrases about failure

We leave you, in the following article, these 80 quotes from people who experienced failure and who did not give up and in the end found success.

1. Failure is a detour, not a dead end. (Zig Ziglar)

Failure cannot be seen with the end, but rather as a shortcut to success.

2. If you set your goals ridiculously high and it is a failure, you are going to fail above everyone else's success. (James Cameron)

Do not have very high expectations. We must go step by step.

3. Failure is not the opposite of success; it is part of success. (Arianna Huffington)

To be successful, you have to walk the path of failure.

4. Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. (Donald Trump)

There are failures that open a new door for you.

5. I think it's better to be a failure at something you like than to be a success at something you hate. (George Burns)

Do not stop fighting to achieve what you like.

6. Most middle-aged adults have resigned themselves to failure. (Malcolm X)

We must not allow failure to rule our lives.

7. Failure is the key to success. Every mistake teaches us something. (Morihei Ueshiba)

We must make failure a teaching.

8. Everything you want is on the other side of fear. (Jack Canfield)

Don't let fear freeze your feet to follow the path.

9. Failure is the seasoning that gives success its flavor. (Truman Capote)

Failure is an indelible part of success.

10. You always go through failure on the way to success. (Mickey Rooney)

There is no triumph without having made some mistakes.

11. But, for me, failure meant allowing someone else to run my life. (Kiera Cass)

Don't let others want to run your life because you had a failure.

12. - There is nothing to learn from success (... ). Everything is learned from failure. (David Bowie)

Success makes you great, but failure teaches you.

13. Success builds character, failure reveals it. (Dave Sackett)

If it fails, start your essence to get out of there.

14. The negative results are just what I wanted. They are as valuable as the positive results. (Thomas A. Edison)

Accept the bad moments as well as the good ones, both are part of life.

15. When you fail, your failure has to be a challenge. (Amelia Earhart)

Don't let yourself be defeated by failure, stand up and move on.

16. As glorious is a beautiful retreat as a gallant rush. (Baltasar Gracián)

A withdrawal on time is also a success.

17. Failure is an event, never a person. (William D. Brown)

Failure is a situation, it is not fate.

18. The biggest mistake you can make in life is continually being afraid that you will make one. (Elbert Hubbard)

Fear will always exist, but we must never listen to it.

19. You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you. (Barack Obama)

If you fail, get up, dust yourself off, and start over.

20. To err is human, to forgive divine. (Alexander Pope)

Do not hold a grudge, do not give life to failure.

21. Repentance is the excuse of people who have failed. (Ned Vizzini)

Never regret having failed, always move forward.

22. Doubt kills more dreams than failure. (Suzy Kassem)

When faced with a situation, move on, put your indecisions aside and don't let yourself be engulfed by fear.

23. Those who quit are more numerous than those who fail. (Henry Ford)

Out of fear or failure to overcome failure, people give up their dreams.

24. I have not failed. I have found 10,000 solutions that don't work. (Thomas Alva Edison)

There are many ways of looking at failure. All up to you.

25. Failure fortifies the strong. (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

That person who is strong is thanks to the fact that he overcame a failure.

26. A failure is a man who has made a mistake, but is unable to turn it into experience. (Elbert Hubbard)

If you have not learned from your mistakes, then you are finished.

27. Man can be destroyed, but not defeated. (Ernest Hemingway)

Failure is not necessarily a synonym for defeat.

28. Every failure teaches man something he needed to learn. (Charles Dickens)

In failure you learn much more than in any university.

29. You don't get ahead by celebrating successes but by overcoming failures. (Orison Swett Marden)

Face failure, get over it and move on, this is the meaning of success.

30. Those who see in every disappointment a stimulus for greater conquests, they have the right point of view towards life. (Goethe)

Do not stay in failure, it is synonymous with maturity.

31. Failure is an attitude, it is a result. (A stranger)

Failure is a path we choose to stay on.

32. I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can not accept not trying it. (Michael Jordan)

Failure is normal, the problem arises when fear invades us to try again.

33. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. (Paulo Coelho)

Rather than fear failure, we should be frightened by not trying to achieve our goals.

34. Failure is just a temporary change in direction to your next success. (Denis Waitley)

Life is full of obstacles, we just don't have to let them rule us.

35. My great concern is not if you have failed, but if you are happy with your failure. (Abraham Lincoln)

If you are comfortable with failure, then it is your decision to stay there.

36. Just because you've failed once doesn't mean you're going to fail at everything. (Marilyn Monroe)

This happens when you let failure affect you in a very personal way.

37. Errors are the portals of discovery. (James Joyce)

Don't let mistakes rule your life.

38. There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. (Colin Powell)

Knowing, preparing, and overcoming failures are the tools to achieve success.

39. The greatest glory in life does not consist in never falling, but in getting up every time we fall. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Getting up after a fall gives us a little more strength.

40. There is no failure except not trying. (Chris Bradford)

You already know that the biggest failure is not trying what you want to do.

41. The season of failure is the best time to sow the seeds of success. (Paramahansa Yogananda)

In failure, we find motivation to succeed.

42. You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you. (Maxwell Maltz)

That is why it is important not to let mistakes define us.

43. When you take risks, you learn that there will be times when you will succeed and there will be times when you will fail, and both are just as important. (Ellen Degeneres)

Failures and successes are part of the same path.

44. The end of a relationship is not always a failure. Sometimes not even everyone's love is enough to save the relationship. (Ashley Lorenzana)

In a couple relationship there may be circumstances that lead to the collapse of it.

45. The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who has never tried. Don't be afraid of failure. (Roy T. Bennett)

Don't stay in a corner when you fail. That does not define who you are.

46. Life is full of gaffes. You are supposed to fail a few times. He is part of human existence. (Sarah Dessen)

Keep in mind that mistakes will always be part of your life.

47. My failure is not the passions I have, but my lack of control over them. (Jack Kerouac)

Not only does failure happen when we don't try, but when we let ourselves be blinded by what we do.

48. The walls are there to stop people who don't want things enough. (Randy Pausch)

It is important to love what you do in order to enjoy them and succeed.

49. Do not fear perfection, you will never achieve it. (Salvador Dali)

Perfection does not exist, so give it a try.

50. Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble. (Shahrukh Khan)

When you fail you become more empathetic.

51. Failures are guiding signs on the path to achievement. (C. S. Lewis)

Mistakes are stepping stones that help you climb to success.

52. The winners are very lucky. If you don't believe it, ask a loser. (Michael Levine)

Listen to those who already have experience, they have also been through failures.

53. After failure, the best-crafted plans seem absurd. (Fyodor Dostoevsky)

When you make a mistake, you just have to learn from it and make it right.

54. The success of a minute pays for the failure of years. (Robert Browning)

If you fail, you have a chance to move on.

55. Failure concentrates the mind which is wonderful. If you don't make mistakes, you are not trying hard enough. (Jasper Fforde)

If you are one of those who believe that they do not make mistakes, then you are not taking anything seriously.

56. When you are successful, friends seem like a lot. On the other hand, when you fail, if you have a friend, it is also a lot. (Federico Moggia)

In failure you meet true friends.

57. There are men who do not climb after falling. (Arthur Miller)

Many people fall and do not get up, it makes them more comfortable to stay there.

58. You keep telling yourself "I could do that, but I won't," which is just another way of saying you can't. (Richard Feynman)

If you can't do something, then you are a failure.

59. I think perfection is ugly. In the things that humans do, I like to see the scars, the failure, the mess, the distortion. (Yohji Yamamoto)

A person who has failed and still succeeded is worthy of admiration.

60. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. (Winston S. Churchill)

If you choose the option to continue, then you are already successful.

61. No one is defeated on the outside until he has been defeated on the inside. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

If you feel that failure has invaded your mind, then there is nothing to do.

62. The phoenix must burn to emerge. (Janet Fitch)

You have to fall a couple of times before reaching the goal we set for ourselves.

63. An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid of failure. (Edwin Land)

Do not be afraid of failing, by making mistakes you will be victorious.

64. We have 40 million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. (Rudyard Kipling)

There are no valid excuses to defend an intentional failure.

65. A man may fail many times, but he is not a failure until he begins to blame another. (John Burroughs)

If you blame others for your failures, you can never get ahead.

66. There is no failure. Feedback only. (Robert Allen)

A very healthy way of looking at failure.

67. For every failure, there is an alternate course of action. You just have to find it. (Mary Kay Ash)

Each failure has its own path of improvement.

68. The pain is temporary. Giving up lasts forever. (Lance Armstrong)

The pain of not fighting for dreams is more painful than the first moment you failed.

69. Every mistake teaches you something new. (Chris Bradford)

Mistakes are an unknown lesson.

70. Don't waste time hitting a wall waiting for it to turn into a door. (Coco Chanel)

If the opportunity is not for you, then find another way.

71. You have no obligation to win. You have an obligation to keep trying, giving your best every day. (Jason Mraz)

Winning only results after trying as many times as necessary.

72. Science, my friend, is made of mistakes, but they are useful mistakes because they lead little by little to the truth. (Julio Verne)

Everything in the world comes from mistakes, you just have to know how to put them to good use.

73. If you are not prepared to be wrong, you will never come across anything original. (Ken Robinson)

Every experience has the risk of going wrong, but also of being everything we hope it will be.

74. Children know a lesson that adults should learn: don't be ashamed of failure, instead get up and try again. (Malcolm X)

I know how a child, if he falls, laments for a while, but then continues as if nothing had happened.

75. When one part of the whole falls, the rest is not sure. (Seneca)

When you fall, get up stronger and not weaker.

76. A withdrawal is not a defeat. (Miguel de Cervantes)

Withdrawing when failure is coming is a sign of cunning.

77. There are defeats that have more dignity than a victory. (Jorge Luis Borges)

It is better to leave something rather than to be corrupted by it.

78. Success has many parents, but failure is an orphan. (John Fitzgerald Kennedy)

There are times when, when you fall, people abandon you instead of helping you.

79. Instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we tend to run away from fear of failure or criticism. (Eric Wright)

If you are not afraid of failure, then nothing can stop you.

80. The fund became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. (J. K. Rowling)

Hitting rock bottom can help you achieve success.