Quotes by Failure Be honest about how you approach failure. Don't just be critical of yourself, because that can be self-serving. Approach it honestly, assess your performance, and assess the areas where you have fallen short. Correct them and move on. Don't dwell on it. Don't hold on to it. Megan Rapinoe yourselfperformanceyoufailure I don't think anybody should do what they do in hopes of being successful. But I always expect myself to be successful at things. And if I'm not, I feel bad. I don't care for failure. I've failed at a number of things, and it's not my favorite state of mind. So I prefer success. Michael Feldman myselffailuremindsuccess Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city. Michael Chertoff citythinkfailureinformation Too often we just look at these glistening successes. Behind them in many, many cases is failure along the way, and that doesn't get put into the Wikipedia story or the bio. Yet those failures teach you every bit as much as the successes. Michael Mullen lookyoufailureway I tell founders all the time, 99.9 percent chance of failure. Michael Seibel tellfailurechancetime My whole career this is the biggest failure financially, but at the same time, it's one of my favorite things I've ever done. Mike Binder thingsfailuredonetime I stare out the window and reflect on the similarity between writing and saving a life and the inevitable failure of one's imagination and one's goals and ambitions to create a character or a life worth saving. Miriam Toews goalsfailurecharacterlife True leaders don't invest in buildings. Jesus never built a building. They invest in people. Why? Because success without a successor is failure. So your legacy should not be in buildings, programs, or projects; your legacy must be in people. Myles Munroe legacyfailuresuccesspeople My failures may be my greatest successes. It is in failure that I have often drawn closer to God, learn to depend more on Him than myself, gained self-knowledge, and seen things in their right perspective. Mother Angelica myselffailureperspectivegod 'The White Woman on the Green Bicycle' is a love story mapped onto an unfolding political tragedy: that of the failure of the Independence era in Trinidad. Monique Roffey womanfailuregreenlove The human spirit is so resilient, and failure teaches you so much. Molly Bloom humanyoufailurespirit There's a lot of freedom in failure, and I can see that now. Min Jin Lee seefailurefreedomi-can For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a godly person. Yet when I look at the yesterdays of my life, what I see, mostly, is a broken, irregular path littered with mistakes and failure. I have had temporary successes and isolated moments of closeness to God, but I long for the continuing presence of Jesus. Mike Yaconelli my-lifefailuregodlife It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed to a major label it was such a sell out! But now... unless you've signed to a big label, you're a failure now. Mike Peters youfailurehearttime You always pass failure on your way to success. Mickey Rooney youfailuresuccessway The great thing about baseball is the causality is easy to determine and it always falls on the shoulders of one person. So there is absolute responsibility. That's why baseball is psychologically the cruelest sport and why it really requires psychological resources to play baseball - because you have to learn to live with failure. Michael Mandelbaum greatyoufailureresponsibility The largest single reason for disappointing travel experiences is the failure to plan properly. Michael Frome plansinglefailuretravel There is a 90% failure rate for most shows. It's difficult for any show to write for the next season. Matt Passmore writedifficultnextfailure Game development is very difficult. Nobody sets out to create a game that's not fun. It's all of the challenges and difficulties that happen throughout development that determine whether a game is a failure or a success. I think playing those thousands of games is the single best and easiest way to learn from my predecessors. Masahiro Sakurai bestfailurechallengessuccess Today, everybody is more or less conscious of the total failure of the Cuban revolution to produce wealth, to produce a better standard of living for the Cubans. With the exception of small radical parties, Latin Americans know that it's a brutal dictatorship and the longest in Latin American history. Mario Vargas Llosa betterfailuretodayhistory«5152535455565758596061»
