Quotes by Failure Success doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives. Ed Bliss failureabsencemean There is a field where all wonderful perfections of microscope and telescope fail, all exquisite niceties of weights and measures, as well as that which is behind them, the keen and driving power of the mind. No facts however indubitably detected, no effort of reason however magnificently maintained, can prove that Bach's music is beautiful. Edith Hamilton failuremusicbeautiful You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat But to lie there - that's a disgrace. Edmund Vance Cooke failurelyingfall They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance. Edmund Burke failureerrorspolitical Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old— This knight so bold— And o’er his heart a shadow— Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado. And, as his strength Failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow— ‘Shadow,’ said he, ‘Where can it be— This land of Eldorado?’ ‘Over the Mountains Of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow, Ride, boldly ride,’ The shade replied,— ‘If you seek for Eldorado! Edgar Allan Poe failurestrengthsong Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement. Edward Dahlberg achievementfailurefailing Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds - all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have. Edward Everett Hale failureworrypeople All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities. Edmund Burke failuredestinymen Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. Edward R. Murrow failureinspirationalhistory In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word as fail. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton lexiconfatefailure An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. Edwin Land failurecourageinspiring Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical Edwin Hubbel Chapin adversityfailurehurt You must expect failure after failure after failure before you succeed. Edwin Land succeedfailure It takes a while to grasp that not all failures are self-imposed, the result of ignorance, carelessness or inexperience. It takes a while to grasp that a garden isn't a testing ground for character and to stop asking, what did I do wrong? Maybe nothing. Eleanor Perenyi failureignorancecharacter Men do not fail; they give up trying. Elihu Root failuregiving-upmen Failure -- The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself. Elbert Hubbard failuredoemen Don't make excuses, make good. Elbert Hubbard failuresportscommitment The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. Elbert Hubbard failurehopesuccess It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success. Ellen DeGeneres failuresuccessinspiring Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail. Elliott Smith failureriskfear«678910111213141516»
