Failure

Benjamin Franklin
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” — Benjamin Franklin
Barack Obama
“You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.” — Barack Obama
Herman Melville
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville
Roy T. Bennett
“Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.” — Roy T. Bennett
Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Have a vision, trust yourself, break some rules, ignore the naysayers, don't be afraid to fail.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Elon Musk
“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” — Elon Musk
Robert F. Kennedy
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” — Robert F. Kennedy
Napoleon Hill
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” — Napoleon Hill
Colin Powell
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” — Colin Powell
Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Simon Sinek
“To succeed takes more than the desire to win. It also takes the acceptance that we could fail.” — Simon Sinek
Woody Allen
“If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.” — Woody Allen
Brian Tracy
“Most people achieved their greatest success one step beyond what looked like their greatest failure.” — Brian Tracy
Brian Tracy
“Failure is a prerequisite for great success. If you want success faster, double your rate of failure.” — Brian Tracy
Og Mandino
“Failure is the highway to success.” — Og Mandino
Elbert Hubbard
“There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier except our own inherent weakness of purpose.” — Elbert Hubbard
Zig Ziglar
“Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker. ” — Zig Ziglar
Zig Ziglar
“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now.” — Zig Ziglar
Colin Powell
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.” — Colin Powell
Thomas Edison
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” — Thomas Edison
Ronald Reagan
“Many a man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been.” — Ronald Reagan
Winston Churchill
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
John Wooden
“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.” — John Wooden
Naval Ravikant
“Good entrepreneurs don't fail because they stay at it.” — Naval Ravikant
John Lennon
“A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it.” — John Lennon
Michael Jordan
“Failure is acceptable. Not trying is a whole different ball park.” — Michael Jordan
Theodore Roosevelt
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” — Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Browning
“A minute's success pays the failure of years.” — Robert Browning
Nikola Tesla
“Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more. ” — Nikola Tesla
Paulo Coelho
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” — Paulo Coelho
Lolly Daskal
“Many people spend more time looking at their failures than focusing on their successes.” — Lolly Daskal
Unknown
“He who fails to plan, plans to fail.” — Unknown
Paramahansa Yogananda
“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success. ” — Paramahansa Yogananda
Tony Robbins
“Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.” — Tony Robbins
Confucius
“A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.” — Confucius
Thomas Edison
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” — Thomas Edison
Bruce Lee
“Zen insists that the whole trouble is just our failure to realize that there is no problem.” — Bruce Lee
Kamal Ravikant
“Success and failure come and go, but don't let them define you. It's who you are that matters.” — Kamal Ravikant
Beverly Sills
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.” — Beverly Sills
Alexander Graham Bell
“The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.” — Alexander Graham Bell
Oprah Winfrey
“Failing is another stepping stone to greatness.” — Oprah Winfrey
James Cameron
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and its a failure, you will fail above everyone elses success.” — James Cameron
Beverly Sills
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. ” — Beverly Sills
Socrates
“Falling down is not failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.” — Socrates
Norman Vaughan
“Dream big and dare to fail.” — Norman Vaughan
Napoleon Hill
“Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.” — Napoleon Hill
Oprah Winfrey
“Failure is a great teacher. If you're open to it every mistake has a lesson to offer.” — Oprah Winfrey
Genghis Khan
“an action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure. ” — Genghis Khan
Winston Churchill
“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm” — Winston Churchill
Dale Carnegie
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” — Dale Carnegie

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