Failure Quotes

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Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record co

Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't, we hadn't - and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger, and if it wasn't it would be some kind of failure.

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The time I had waited probably made the difference between s

The time I had waited probably made the difference between success and failure.

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Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn

Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility.

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Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when t

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

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Questioning the nature and implications of liminal instances

Questioning the nature and implications of liminal instances necessarily involves failure, if only in the specifically technical sense of entering spaces where prevailing criteria of success scarcely apply.

Brian Ferneyhough

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Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young, as he himse

Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young, as he himself was inspired by John F. Kennedy? Or has he actually reduced their idealism? Surely part of the answer lies in Clinton's personal moral lapse with Monica Lewinsky. But more important was his sin of omission - his failure to embrace a moral cause beyond popularity.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

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If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you'v

If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived.

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If you're a doctor or a lawyer or teacher, if you only get t

If you're a doctor or a lawyer or teacher, if you only get three things right out of 10, you're considered a failure.

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The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership

The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination.

Rosalyn S. Yalow

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He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.

He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.

James Lane Allen

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I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as

I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with failure.

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The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of

The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations.

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Successful entrepreneurs find the balance between listening

Successful entrepreneurs find the balance between listening to their inner voice and staying persistent in driving for success - because sometimes success is waiting right across from the transitional bump that's disguised as failure.

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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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It's not that we fly by the seat of our pants. We're not afr

It's not that we fly by the seat of our pants. We're not afraid of failure.

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I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, c

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

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The man who fails because he aims astray or because he does

The man who fails because he aims astray or because he does not aim at all is to be found everywhere.

Frank Swinnerton

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I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly run

I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure.

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Those who have failed miserably are often the first to see G

Those who have failed miserably are often the first to see God's formula for success.

Erwin W. Lutzer

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I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

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