Failure Quotes

"Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure."

- Thomas J. Watson

"It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default."

- J.K.Rowling

"You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you."

- Barack Obama

"Failure is not about insecurity, it’s about lack of execution."

- Jeffrey Gitomer

"The biggest failure you can have in life is not trying at all."

- Emil Motycka

"Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again."

- Richard Branson

"There’s a silly notion that failure’s not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."

- Elon Musk

"The way to succeed is to double your failure rate."

- Thomas J. Watson

"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

"Failure doesn't exist"

- Kobe Bryant

"My best successes came on the heels of failures."

- Barbara Corcoran

"If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style."

- Quentin Crisp

"Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure."

- Joseph Heller

"The only thing worse than starting something and failing... is not starting something."

- Seth Godin

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

- Michael Jordan

"Before he created the electric light, Edison had failed 10,000 times. Don’t let failure discourage you."

- Napoleon Hill

"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

"Don't be afraid to fail. It's not the end of the world, and in many ways, it's the first step toward learning something and getting better at it."

- Jon Hamm

"To err is nature, to rectify error is glory."

- George Washington

"Remember that failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night."

"I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win."

"Failure is necessary"

"Failure is not an option-it comes bundled with the software."

"If at first you don’t succeed, try management."

"If I had a dollar for every smart thing you say. I’ll be poor."

"If at first, you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you."

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously, that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case you fail by default."

"Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

"Don’t worry about failure … you only have to be right once."

""A bad one breaks his board.""