Quotes by Failure We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to purify us. Disguised as adversity, blessings are showered upon us. A. Theodore Tuttle adversityfailureblessing Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success. Abdul Kalam failuresuccessinspirational My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. Abraham Lincoln perseverancefailureinspirational Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothing I can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort. Abraham Lincoln failuremarriagehappiness One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. Abraham Maslow failurekingsmen Among the older records, we find chapter after chapter of which we can read the characters, and make out their meaning: and as we approach the period of man's creation, our book becomes more clear, and nature seems to speak to us in language so like our own, that we easily comprehend it. But just as we begin to enter on the history of physical changes going on before our eyes, and in which we ourselves bear a part, our chronicle seems to fail us-a leaf has been torn out from nature's record, and the succession of events is almost hidden from our eyes. Adam Sedgwick failurenaturebook It is better to make a mistake than to do nothing. Adolf Hitler failuremistake The reward of suffering is experience Aeschylus adversityfailuresuffering It is easy to despise what you cannot get Aesop despisefailureeasy We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities. Agnes Repplier failurejudgementmay I do believe, as my father once said, that "No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out." Al Gore victory-and-defeatfailureloss Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before reaching forty. Al Neuharth failurefailingway Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life's negative moments. Alain Ducasse failureimportantmistake There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor. Alan Cohen failureattitudejobs The stakes are immense, the task colossal, the time is short. But we may hope - we must hope - that man's own creation, man's own genius, will not destroy him. Albert Einstein failuretasksmen Show me a satisfied man, and I'll show you a failure. Albert Einstein infinite-intelligencefailuremen By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit. Albert Ellis failureerrorspast Failure doesn't have anything to do with your intrinsic value as a person. Albert Ellis intrinsic-valuefailurepersons The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing. Albert Schweitzer failuresuccessmen If we evolved a race of Isaac Newtons, that would not be progress. For the price Newton had to pay for being a supreme intellect was that he was incapable of friendship, love, fatherhood, and many other desirable things. As a man he was a failure; as a monster he was superb. Aldous Huxley failuremathlove1234567891011»
