Failure Quotes - Page 25

To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it.

No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes.

I've really thought a lot about why other companies fail or succeed. I had to be a student of failure and find out why things went off the rails. I did that at a fairly deep level, and it's still something I do.

Failure is quite easy to handle because no one is looking at you. Success is difficult to keep and not everyone could handle it.

Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

One should accept failure, and be willing to learn, unlearn and relearn again.

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

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

Feeling is the consciousness of the resulting conditions - of success, failure, equilibrium, compromise or balance, in this continuous rivalry of ideas.

I always substitute the word 'feedback' for 'failure.'

I've been through a lot in my career, and the failure that I've gone through makes me really appreciate the moments of success much more.

I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.

And I went to New York and died; for 10 years I walked those pavements. I can't think of New York without feeling uncomfortable and feeling like a failure.

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?

The failure of Socialism since 1945 is that whilst encouraging us all, the creators of wealth, to produce less through strikes, it has caused us all to demand a higher level of our own product.

I don't take it very seriously. You shouldn't let your success get to your head or failure get to your heart. This is most commonly said. But people don't really practise it. I don't see myself as a celebrity; it has not sunk in. I just see myself as someone doing a nine-to-six job like a techie.

The biggest lesson I had in my life was failure.

Failure too is a form of death.

Some teachers feel that if they ask for emotional help, they're a failure. But teaching is a team sport.

Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.

Failure is central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation. Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail.

Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'

I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.

I've probably earned the right to screw up a few times. I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.

We look around at our national politicians, we do not see national politicians who are without fault. And, actually, we see quite a lot who get very far - let's take Boris Johnson- with considerable. White. Privilege. Failure after failure after failure rewarded.

There are people who say that you can't experiment... That condemns you to failure.