Failure can sting, but it’s also a powerful teacher. Throughout history, many wise men and women have faced setbacks. Their words about failure carry lessons for all of us. By reflecting on these quotes, we can find strength in our own struggles.
Each quote speaks to the resilience and courage needed to turn failure into opportunity. These sayings remind us that even when we fall, we are always capable of rising again. Embrace these words of wisdom and let them inspire you on your journey.
Quotes about Embracing Failure
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”
“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.”
“It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
“There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.”
“What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?”
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
“Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be.”
“A man may fail many times but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.”
“Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.”
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it.”
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”
“Failures are fingerposts on the road to achievement.”
“There is no such thing as failure, only feedback.”
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
“Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.”
“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end.”
“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.”
“Embrace failure as a learning opportunity and be willing to try again.”
Quotes on Perseverance after Failure
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” –Winston Churchill
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” –Thomas Edison
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” –Confucius
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” –Henry Ford
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” –Maya Angelou
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” –Henry Ford
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” –Thomas Edison
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” –Walter Elliot
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” –Confucius
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” –Vince Lombardi
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” –Truman Capote
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” –Robert F. Kennedy
“The phoenix must burn to emerge.” –Janet Fitch
“Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.” –Morihei Ueshiba
“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” –James N. Watkins
“Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.” –Isabelle Lafleche
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” –Jimmy Dean
“The greatest test of courage on Earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” –Robert Green Ingersoll
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” –Japanese Proverb
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it.” –Johnny Cash
“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end.” –Denis Waitley
“In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail.” –Anonymous
“Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.” –Anonymous
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.” –James Joyce
“There is no failure except in no longer trying.” –Elbert Hubbard
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” –Winston S. Churchill
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” –Sam Levenson
“Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.” –Napoleon Hill
“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” –H.G. Wells
“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” –Julie Andrews
Failure to Success Quotes
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.”
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
“Don’t be discouraged by failure, it’s often the first step to success.”
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.”
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”
“Every failure is a step to success.”
“Success builds character, failure reveals it.”
“Failure is success in progress.”
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”
“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”
“It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”
“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
“What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?”
“Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
“Failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of success.”
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
“Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.”
“Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo.”
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Inspiring Quotes on Learning from Failure
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.”
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
“The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.”
“Every failure is a step to success.”
“It’s failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.”
“You always pass failure on your way to success.”
“Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.”
“Failure is success in progress.”
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
“Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.”
“I think it’s necessary to let kids fail. The more resilient we make our kids, the better they’ll be as adults.”
“There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.”
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end.”
“Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.”
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
“In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.”
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.”
“Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo.”
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.”
“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”
“To be successful, you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.”
Famous Quotes on Overcoming Failure
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.”
“It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
“Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.”
“A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.”
“The phoenix must burn to emerge.”
“When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.”
“It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.”
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”
“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.”
“Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.”
“There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.”
“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.”
“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
“Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. But it is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success.”
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
“Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.”
Motivational Quotes for Dealing with Failure
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.”
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
“Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case, you fail by default.”
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.”
“Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.”
“The phoenix must burn to emerge.”
“If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.”
“A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.”
“Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.”
“When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.”
“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
“What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?”
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
“It’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.”
“I never lose. I either win or learn.”
“Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.”
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
“Failure is a stepping stone to greatness.”
Empowering Failure Quotes
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”
“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end.”
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it.”
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
“Failure is success in progress.”
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over.”
“I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.”
“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
“Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes it’s built on catastrophe.”
“Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.”
“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.”
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
“There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.”
“Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure. It just means you haven’t succeeded yet.”
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
“Failure is the mother of success.”
“Failure is the tuition you pay for success.”
“Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.”
“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.”
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
“We are all failures – at least the best of us are.”
“Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be.”
Last Words
Choosing to see failure as an opportunity rather than a setback can change your whole perspective. The quotes we have shared show that many successful people faced many failures before achieving their goals. Their words remind us that failing is not the end but a step toward success.
Next time you find yourself facing failure, think about these inspiring quotes. Let them guide you and give you the strength to keep going. Everyone fails; it’s how you respond to those failures that shape your future. Keep striving, learning, and moving forward, and you’ll find that failure is just a detour, not a dead end.
