Quotes about Failure

The person who moves with definiteness recognizes the difference between temporary defeat and failure. When plans fail he substitutes others but he does not change his purpose. He perseveres.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

Failure always is a blessing when it forces one to acquire knowledge or to build habits that lead to the achievement of one's major purpose in life.

There comes with every experience of temporary defeat, and every failure and every form of adversity, the seed of an equivalent benefit

Every adversity, every unpleasant circumstance, every failure, and every physical pain carries with it the seed of an equivalent benefit.

Failure brings a climax in which one has the privilege of clearing his mind of fear and making a new start in another direction.

Failure is a blessing when it forces one to depend less upon material forces and more upon spiritual forces.

Every adversity, every failure   and every heartache carries with it   the Seed of an equivalent   or a greater Benefit

Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A quitter never wins—and a winner never quits. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work.