Top 462 Failure Quotes

The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them.

The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them.

Bruno Bettelheim

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

Napoleon Hill

Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the fall of Enron. He was the man at the controls. But failure is not a crime.

Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the fall of Enron. He was the man at the controls. But failure is not a crime.

Michael Ramsey

Remember what Susan B. Anthony said? 'Failure is impossible.' Failure is possible if women don't vote.

Remember what Susan B. Anthony said? 'Failure is impossible.' Failure is possible if women don't vote.

Madeleine M. Kunin

If we can actually decrease the failure rate from nine out of 10 drugs failing in clinical trials and instead have seven out of 10 instead failing, that is a major victory for drug discovery and for people having better therapy.

Anne Wojcicki

I simply don't believe in failure. In itself, it doesn't exist. We create it. We make ourselves fail.

I simply don't believe in failure. In itself, it doesn't exist. We create it. We make ourselves fail.

Alice Foote MacDougall

Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young, as he himself was inspired by John F. Kennedy? Or has he actually reduced their idealism? Surely part of the answer lies in Clinton's personal moral lapse with Monica Lewinsky. But more important was his sin of omission - his failure to embrace a moral cause beyond popularity.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

Ann Landers

Vietnam ended a failure: repeatedly, to me, Kissinger described it as his greatest, and most persistent regret. But Congress was more to blame than Kissinger.

Vietnam ended a failure: repeatedly, to me, Kissinger described it as his greatest, and most persistent regret. But Congress was more to blame than Kissinger.

Alistair Horne

I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.

I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.

Anne Baxter

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