Failure Motivational Quotes - Page 2

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Confucius

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

Bill Cosby

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Twitter post from Nov 18, 2009

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"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Mary Pickford

Encouraging, Perseverance, Encouragement

"Why Not Try God?". "St. Petersburg Times" Newspaper, sect. 2, (p. 3), January 25, 1936.

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

Napoleon Hill

Motivational, Attitude, Failure

Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.92, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Benjamin Franklin

Inspirational, Courage, Fear

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Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

Coco Chanel

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"Believing in Ourselves: The Wisdom of Women". Book by Armand Eisen (p. 15), 1992.

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If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

Woody Allen

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"Shakespeare, Woody Allen And A Certain Qantas A380" by Christine Negroni, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 23, 2012.

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In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Failure, Adversity

Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage.

George Horace Lorimer

Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

George Horace Lorimer (2006). “Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son”, p.11, Cosimo, Inc.

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Do your best with what you have where you are.

Lucy Punch

New Beginnings, Today Not Tomorrow, Words Of Wisdom

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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

George Bernard Shaw

Inspirational, Success, Time

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Tactics mean doing what you can with what you have.

Saul Alinsky

Mean, Creativity, New Beginnings

Saul Alinsky (2016). “Thirteen Tactics for Realistic Radicals: from Rules for Radicals”, p.5, Vintage

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Man is not made for defeat.

Ernest Hemingway

Inspiring, Perseverance, Self Esteem

The Old Man and the Sea (1952)

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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Motivational, Strong, Determination

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But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Ernest Hemingway

Motivational, Inspiring, Fear

The Old Man and the Sea (1952)

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"From Telegraph to Light Bulb with Thomas Edison". Book by Deborah Headstrom-Page, 2007.

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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

Washington Irving

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Washington Irving (2014). “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.181, Penguin

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Do one thing every day that scares you.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Joyce Brothers

Positive, Success, Determination

"The Pocket Philosopher/ Psychologist" by Mark J. Merten, (p. 87), 2004.

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Henry Ford

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

Francis Chan

Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.92, David C Cook

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