Failure Quotes

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.
- Ross Perot

Defeat doesn't finish a man--quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.
- Richard M. Nixon

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners encountered heart breaking obstacles before they triumphed. They finally won by their defeats.
- B. C. Forbes

The wisest person is not the one who has the fewest failures but the one who turns failures to best account.
- Richard R. Grant

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
- Napoleon Hill

Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
- Denis Waitley

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

Because a fellow has failed once or twice, or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage--and that's the same thing.
- George Lorimer

If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything.
- Marva Collins