3,580 Quotes About Failure

Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults -- Ah! there is the sting of life.

We women adore failures. They lean on us.

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures.

Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life.

The failure of The Aunt's Story and the need to learn a language afresh made me wonder whether I should ever write another word.

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

Misfortunes leave wounds which bleed drop by drop even in sleep; thus little by little they train man by force and dispose him to wisdom in spite of himself. Man must learn to think ofhimself as a limited and dependent being; and only suffering teaches him this.

I always say that failure was my friend. I learned nothing at school, so I just lived in my own world.

I think like a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Failure is a great teacher. At the same time, you must remember, success will never last... Whether it's tech or fashion, it must be for the customer.