Quotes About Failure

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." - Theodore Roosevelt

It is far better to dare mighty triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to dwell with those poor and timid souls knowing neither victory nor defeat.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

It's really okay for low-hanging fruit to fail. It means the trial run did not work, but the church did not invest the resources in a major endeavor. Successful low-hanging fruit efforts are evident to almost everyone in the church. At the very least, there is a sense of encouragement in the congregation that something went well. Typically, though, the evidence is so compelling that the church becomes highly enthused. The excitement is palpable.

Do not enter into change leadership lightly. Do not begin the process without concerted prayer. And realize that change is all about people. If you don't deal with people issues in leading change, you will fail. It's just that simple.

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Results Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

After all, there is nothing but failure.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

This work ahead will require leaders who put the good of the city above all else. The greatest failures of Dinkins and de Blasio were their failures of leadership, not of policy. They let the city go adrift, but worse, they made everyone who lived in it feel adrift.

Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.

Most of my career was negative.

A no deal Brexit would be a complete failure by the government to negotiate for Britain.

In most negotiations, you can't attribute success or failure in negotiations to one side.

It's not just that government has failed us. It's not just that we have failed ourselves. It's government. It's individuals. It's sort of everything in between, from families and communities and neighborhoods, churches and so forth.

I think I failed miserably on NewsRadio. I was very nervous because of the caliber of the cast - especially Dave Foley - so I think I did a terrible job.

Netanyahu needs to stand before the Israeli public and say, 'I failed.'

Once your network has lost confidence in you, you're headed for the dustbin of history.

I am neutral when a film fails.

I'll never forget the moment in class when I went from being afraid to fail, to expecting to fail. This informs everything I do.

Every time you start a company - and I've started five or six - you have the opportunity to screw up in whole new ways.

Motivation levels differ person to person, as does the time since failing new year resolutions.