Failure Quotes - Page 18

The fear of failure is a liability.

Employment is the exploitation of the employer’s courage, and, the employed’s fear of failure.

Remember, we are all part of a great story that is really about God, not us. He is the number one character (read: winner), and we are all secondary (read: losers).

When you lay down with neglect & sleep around with excuses, you wake up with failure...
When you marry your goals & remain intimate with your vision, you'll give birth to your dreams.

Some women sleep their way to the top. Most men sleep their way to the bottom.

Because when you find something you love, you can’t quit. Every failure pushes you harder. It’s in your soul and in your fucking heart

We become what we believe

We can become fearless as we let go off our grasp on the fear of failure, because failure too is a perception rather than a reality.

And the man who dreamt of flight has tripped and fallen in a hole.

Nevertheless, what was made in the hope of transforming the world need not be rejected because it failed to do so – otherwise, one would also have to throw out a good deal of the greatest painting and poetry of the nineteenth century. An objective political failure can still work as a model of intellectual affirmation or dissent.

Art becomes an honest expression once done for oneself. Failure of that results to empty and transparent art.

In our modern world, we look unkindly on mistakes and imperfection. But this is far from the samurai ideal. Mistakes are part of the learning process and if you haven't made them then you are, indeed, dangerous because it means you have never learned anything. Mistakes, to a samurai, are the proof of your learning.

Have you had a failure or rejection? You could get bitter. That's one way to deal with it. Or...you could just get BETTER. What do you think?

Failure does not connote that you achieved nothing. It denotes that you are on an adventure towards finding what will eventually advance you to the realization of your goals.

That failure serves a purpose!

Most startup failures result from entrepreneurs who are better at making excuses than products.

Dreams aren't only an illusion to put you into a subconsciously pleasurable state of mind for the time being, but also a pathway to gain complete contentment.

System fails when people with ability don't have authority and people with authority don't have ability.

Get out of failure-o-phobia to enjoy success-o-mania.

If you adjust first time, compromise second time, failure is what you will get third time.