Failure Quotes

"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work."

- Thomas Edison

"We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success."

- Arianna Huffington

"Trying is the first step toward failure."

- Homer Simpson

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

- Truman Capote

"It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success."

- David Feherty

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan

"You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle, but never entertain it as an end."

- Jessica Herrin

""I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.""

- Michael Jordan

""There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.""

- Oprah Winfrey

""You will screw it up sometimes.""

- Taylor Swift

"I’ve experienced tons of failure. I’ve been making music for 30 years, and I’d say failure and success have happened in equal measure."

- Moby

"If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you."

- Steven Wright

"If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything."

- William Lyon Phelps

"There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction."

- Oprah Winfrey

"It is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate."

- George Burns

"Nobody likes to fail, but failure is an essential part of life and of learning. If your uniform isn’t dirty, you haven’t been in the game."

- Ben Bernanke

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."

- Winston Churchill

"Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

- Thomas Edison

"A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying."

- B.F. Skinner

"Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success."

- Leigh Mitchell Hodges

"A winner is just a loser who tried one more time."

- George M. Moore Jr.

"Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something."

- Morihei Ueshiba

"Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo."

- Jon Sinclair

"You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character."

"The worst Monday is the one that gets wasted for nothing."

"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent"

"Failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success."

"There are secret opportunities hidden inside every failure."

- Anonymous

"If at first you don’t succeed, do it like your mother told you."