Failure Quotes

I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it.

Lisa Marie Presley

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.

Arthur Miller

If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being.

Jerry Falwell

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.

Eric Hoffer

Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success.

Rickey Henderson

Without failure there is no sweetness in success. There's no understanding of it.

Glenn Beck

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

Paul Tillich

Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me.

Jerry Bruckheimer

The sentiments in Hawaii about Washington's failure of leadership are no different than the rest of the country.

Ed Case

America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.

Larry Elder

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

Christian Marclay

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.

Tommy Lasorda

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt.

Barack Obama

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.

Sumner Redstone

Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best.

Maude Adams

After that he turned to the question of invading England. Hitler said that during the previous year he could not afford to risk a possible failure apart from that, he had not wished to provoke the British, as he hoped to arrange peace talks.

Kurt Student

No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.

Robert W. Service

The failure of the White House and Congress to seriously address the nation's fiscal situation is certain to broaden the belief among many voters that the U.S. political system is broken.

Ron Fournier

Well, the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success and, if you're not willing to confront failure, you can never find out how good you are.

Peter Guber

The rise of China as a new power is another great challenge for the US. Our failure to properly handle Germany and Japan earlier in the 20th century cost us and the world dearly. We must not make this same mistake with China.

Steve Forbes