Failure: The fact of something not working as it should.
I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. ~ Albert Einstein ~
When we can begin to take our failures less seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves. ~ Katherine Mansfield ~
You’ve been beaten down? 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 disgrace. ~ Edmund Vance Cooke ~
A man may fall many times, but he won’t be a failure until he says that someone pushed him. ~ Elmer G. Letterman ~
Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~
Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken. Defeat strips away false values and makes you realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold. ~ William M. Marston ~
Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved. ~ Lao-tzo ~
Not failure, but low aim, is a crime. ~ Ernest Holmes ~
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ~ George Bernard Shaw ~
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn, whatever steps we take, they’re necessary to reach the places we’ve chosen to go. ~ Richard Bech~