Quotes on Overcoming Failure

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Failure seems to be nature's plan for preparing us for great responsibilities.

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

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

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

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.