65 Powerful Quotes on Failure
We often perceive our failures as more visible and public than our successes. We do everything we can to avoid it.
People may even struggle to have unconventional ideas because they get into questioning and doubting themselves.
But an important thing to remember is that most great success in life required failure. It can be multiple failures or just one major failure. Here are some examples of some notable failures that eventually led to success:
James Dyson made 5,127 Vacuums that didn’t work before successfully creating the bagless vacuum cleaner.
Thomas Edison failed 10,000 times before successfully creating the incandescent light bulb.
J.K. Rowling’s book ‘Harry Potter’ was rejected 12 times before she got a publishing deal.
In life, failure is an important part of our journey that has to happen in order for us to fulfill our dreams.
Here are some failure quotes that will help you see failure as a good thing that will help you in life.
65 quotes about failure
1. “Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be” – John Wooden
2. “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” – Jack Canfield
3. “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel
4. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Thomas A. Edison
5. “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” Ken Robinson
6. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
7. “The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.” – John C. Maxwell
8. “Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better how you react to it.” – Mia Hamm
9. “The phoenix must burn to emerge.” – Janet Fitch
10. “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett
11. “If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail. It takes back bone to lead the life you want” – Richard Yates
12. “Giving up is the only sure way to fail.” – Gena Showalter
13. “When you take risks you learn there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.” – Ellen Degeneres
14. “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” Denis Waitley
15. “There is no failure except in no longer trying.” – Christ Bradford
16. “It’s failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.” -Ellen DeGeneres
17. “There is only ne thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho
18. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
19. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
20. “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong
21. “We are all failures – at least the best of us are.” – J. M. Barrie
22. “I’d rather be partly greater than entirely useless.” – Neal Shusterman
23. “Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.” – C.S. Lewis
24. “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” – Henry Ford
25. “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill
26. “Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.” Robert T. Kiyosaki
27. “It’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.” – Zig Ziglar
28. “You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” – Johnny Cash
29. “No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who’s always had everything work out for the with zero struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle. Or they don’t exist.” – Chris Hardwick
30. “Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I’ve met people who don’t want to try for fear of failing.” J.K. Rowling
31. “What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?” – John Green
32. “When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.” – Eloise Ristad
33. “With a hint of good judgment, to fear nothing, not failure or suffering or even death, indicates that you value life the most. You live to the extreme; you push limits; you spend your time building legacies. Those do not die.” – Criss Jami
34. You are not a failure and you need to quit telling yourself that you could have avoided failing because no successful person ever avoids the pain in hopes for the gains. – Anonymous
35. Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail. – Confucius
36. Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.” Marilyn Monroe
37. Failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of success. – Arianna Huffington
38. “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” – John F Kennedy
39. “Don’t be afraid to fail be afraid not to try.” – Michael Jordan
40. “A failure doesn’t mean you are unworthy, nor does it preclude success on the next try.” – Leonard Mlodinow
41. “You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door to the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy or any of your time, or any of your space.” – Johnny Cash
42. “Failure is an attitude, not an outcome.” – Harvey MacKay
43. “If you fail, never give up, because F.A.I.L. means first attempt in learning.” – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
44. “If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.” – Woody Allen
45. “Each mistake teaches you something new about yourself. There is no failure, remember, except in no longer trying. It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Christ Bradford
46. “What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may change the culture and just possibly, for a moment, change life itself.” – Malcom Mclaren
47. “You try, you fail. You try, you fail. The real failure is when you stop trying.” – Anonymous
48. “Failure is an option whenever you take a leap of faith. In every risk there can be success or a lesson.” – James Cameron
49. “Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.” – Andy Grove
50. “Never let success get to your head; never let failure get to your heart.” – Anonymous
51. “Failure is an important part of your growth. Don’t be afraid to fail.” – Michelle Obama
52. “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” – Bill Gates
53. “Failure is the tuition you pay for success” – Walter Brunell
54. “Failure is the key to success; Each mistake teaches us something.” – Morihei Ueshiba
55. “Try. Fail. Learn.” – Amanda Hill
56. “Failure is success if we learn from it.” – Malcolm Forbes
57. “Most so called failures are only temporary defeats.” – Napoleon Hill
58. “There is no success without failure and losses.” – John C Maxwell
59. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino
60. “Failure is success in progress.” – Albert Einstein
61. “To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.” Jose Bergamin’
62. “There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.” – Brene Brown
63. “The master has failed more times than the beginner has tried.” – Stephen McCranie
64. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie
65. “I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan
Final thoughts on failure
All of these wise words on failing remind us that mistakes can be the lessons we need to become the people we want to be.
We can either choose to learn from them and succeed or choose to fear them and never move forward in life.
Be inspired to let failure you encounter be a building block to achieving your goals and rising to your greatest potential.