684 private quotes tagged failure

“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.”— Norman Vincent Peale

“If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.”— Quentin Crisp

“You shouldn't be afraid of failure - when something fails, you think, 'What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time.' Then kill that project and move on to the next. Don't get disappointed.”— Niklas Zennstrom

“The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.”— B. C. Forbes

“Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.”— Mia Hamm

“It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.”— Roger Babson

“No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.”— Alfred Adler

“Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.”— Doug Coupland

“Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.”— William James

“The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide.”— James A. Baldwin

“But I look at failure as education. In that respect, I am so well-educated.”— Kathy Ireland

“They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.”— James Allen

“The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.”— Norman Cousins

“Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.”— George Canning

“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.”— Alexandre Dumas

“Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.”— Bernard Baruch

“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”— Paramahansa Yogananda

“For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.”— Mary Kay Ash

“Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.”— Sumner Redstone

“It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.”— Charles Kettering

“The only real failure in life is one not learned from.”— Anthony J. D'Angelo

“The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.”— Laurence J. Peter

“We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.”— Robert E. Lee

“You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'”— Florence Scovel Shinn

“If you're the type of person who has to fulfill your dreams, you've gotta be resourceful to make sure you can do it. I came out to California when I was 21, thinking my New York credentials would take me all the way. I came back home a year later all dejected and a failure.”— Vin Diesel