Quotes About Failure

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

Many a good man I have seen go under.

Great men have been characterized by the greatness of their mistakes as well as by the greatness of their achievements.

A man would rather fail according to his own ideas than succeed according to another's.

To me Art (poetry) is a continuous and continuing process and that when a man fails to write good poetry he fails to live fully or well.

The most successful men have used seeming failures as stepping stones to better things.

As a wicked man I am a complete failure. Why, there are lots of people who say I have never really done anything wrong in the whole course of my life. Of course they only say it behind my back.

The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.

Great men have big failures.

Have you ever noticed how many men in the Bible failed in the second half of life? Our enemy is so cunning that he will wait forty or even fifty years to set a trap.

Men would bless you or curse you; The curse, a protest against failure, The blessing, a hymn of the hunter Who comes back from the hills With provision for his mate.

Burn with that consuming fire of objectivity that forces a man to renew efforts that are doomed to failure.

So long as a man attends to his business the public does not count his drinks. When he fails they notice if he takes even a glass of root beer.

The man who meets with a failure attributes this failure rather to the ill will of another than to fate.

Man is a fighting animal; his thoughts are his banners, and it is a failure of nerve in him if they are only thoughts.

In my mind, the men and women of NASA are history's modern pioneers. They attempt the impossible, accept failure, and then back to the drawing board while the rest of us stand back and criticize.

Great men too make mistakes, and many among them do it so often that one is almost tempted to call them little men.

In a narrow sphere great men are blunderers.

Independent women must expect more of themselves, since neither men nor other more conventionally domesticated women will hope for anything, or expect any result other than utter failure.

The inherent corruption of man can often bring down the best system.

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

Success has ruin'd many a man.

Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.

The most powerful of men can fail when they forget that a mighty river can be crossed at its source.