Top 462 Failure Quotes

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.

My feeling, based on my own experience, is that aiming for grandiosity is the fastest route to failure.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

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

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

I know it wouldn't seem like I've had a lot of failure in my career, but there are things that I regard as failures, when I look at certain performances and go, 'That's not good enough.'

Risk and failure is a part of our equation, and if you are seeing too little failure, you are actually probably not taking enough risks.