Quotes About Failure

All of us have failed. One wishes to be punished. One is willing to assume all kinds of penance, but do you know, my daughter, that in love -- I scarcely dare say it -- but in love our very mistakes don't seem to be able to last long?

Tutti, tutti noi abbiamo fallito. Desideriamo tutti un castigo. Desideriamo tutti di farci carico di ogni tipo di penitenza, ma sai, figlia mia, che in amore -riesco a malapena a dirlo- ma in amore i nostri errori non sembrano durare molto a lungo".

Three of the greatest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.

Self esteem is the dough that makes us rise to the top, or fall to the bottom of the heap.

I was insanely jealous of Lucille. More jealous than I'd ever been of anyone in my entire life. Because she truly meant it. All I could think was, why can't I be as stupid as Lucille? Why can't I blame all my successes and all my failures on The Lord Jesus Christ Almighty? I would be so fucking happy if I lived like that.

As a child, the family that I had and the love I had from my two parents allowed me to go ahead and be more aggressive, to search and to take risks knowing that, if I failed, I could always come home to a family of love and support.

I grew up playing sports. There is a clear line between success and failure.

The person he'd hurt the most though, ultimately, was himself. It was his dreams that had come to nothing. His future that had folded before his eyes, like a house of cards.

I suppose it's amazing when you think how many things people get involved in that don't work.

No hay necesidad de esconderse ni de fingir. En mayor o menor grado, eres un fracaso como esposo o esposa. Pero la sangre de Jesús cubre y perdona ese fracaso.

If I have a 100 percent batting average, you should fire me, because it means we haven't tried anything really noble.

There is no such thing as disappointment for those who continue to cherish the selflessness of which is born the noblest inner self. There is no such thing as failure for those who invest in the potentialities of the Ideal of the Soul.

Apple is a failure because they missed social? Nobody would say that, because they are having great success.

There comes a point in your moviegoing life where you look at the screen and then you look at the world and you ask, 'What is going on?' You want the movies to show you the chaos and mess and risk and failure that are normal for a lot of us. Generally, the movies hide all of that.

I always said that when Madrid win, it wasn't just because of Ronaldo, Kaka, or another, and when you lose, it is not fair to blame the failures on these people alone.

I write good songs out of fear... fear of failure. Because if they're not good enough, you feel yourself starting to fall.

People usually start off on a high note in their careers and then wane off and then restart with a comeback.

If the film is a hit, people talk about the hard work, but if it fails, they may not notice, but I give my best for all films.

'Aiyyaa' flopped, but it got me noticed.

I've noticed one in five ideas never amount to anything.

Kids are falling through the cracks and nobody notices it. That to me is what's wrong with the school system.

In a film, there are too many characters. If the film is not a hit, then nobody really notices your work.

I wrote the worst novel ever.

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays.