Top 462 Failure Quotes

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

It is a changing world because of the newcomers who keep arriving and who leave us behind. Trying to keep pace with them is doomed to inglorious failure, especially as the pace has quickened so much.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?

War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.

A love of nature is a consolation against failure.

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

Success is more difficult to handle than failure.

Success is 99 percent failure.

We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure.