Quotes by Failure Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions - the hero and the sidekick. Laurence Shames failuremotivationsuccess Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at making mistakes. No human being can avoid failures. Lawrence G. Lovasik dismayfailuremistake People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure. Laozi life-and-lovefailureinspirational The insolence of base minds in success is boundless; and would scarce admit of a comparison, did not they themselves furnish us with one in the degrees of their abjection when evil returns upon them. Laurence Sterne failureevilsuccess You have to be able to accept failure to get better. LeBron James failurebasketballinspiration In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure. Lee Iacocca undertakingsfailureglory We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure. Leo Buscaglia failurewisdomlying A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable. Leslie Lamport computerfailuretechnology Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe. Laozi rushingfailuretrying The man who forms the habit of beginning without finishing has simply formed the habit of failure. Lettie Cowman finishingfailuremen Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes. Lewis E. Lawes failuregiving-upmen Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed. Lily Tomlin failureinspiringfall In the ordinary course of things, how many succeed in society merely by virtue of their manners, while others, however meritorious, fail through lack of them? After all, it's only barbarians who wear uncut precious stones. Lord Chesterfield precious-stonesfailuresuccess I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at. Louis C. K. failuretryingthinking In business, the earning of profit is something more than an incident of success. It is an essential condition of success. It is an essential condition of success because the continued absence of profit itself spells failure. Louis D. Brandeis failureessentialsbusiness Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed. Lord Chesterfield honestfailureerrors We are neurotically haunted today by the imminence, and by the ignominy, of failure. We know at how frightening a cost one succeeds: to fail is something too awful to think about. Louis Kronenberger failurecostthinking They never fail who die in a great cause. Lord Byron sacrificefailuredeath All art is failure. How one fails is a different matter. Luc Tuymans failuredifferentart Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself. Luc de Clapiers failurefailingsometimes«2122232425262728293031»
