Quotes About Failure

I feel crushingly embarrassed when I do bad work, so being rejected after doing bad work is actually harder than being rejected after doing good work.

I'm terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you've written something that doesn't work, it's a tough pill to swallow.

I've often thought if I didn't make my marriage work, I would have failed at my one true shot at happiness.

I can only say that in life when you have the greatest expectations and you try to do things the right way, it doesn't always work out.

it's good to have things done with when they don't work it's also good not to hate or even forget the person you've failed with.

It's not fair to use movies that weren't creatively successful as a reason why something won't work.

You learn by trying and failing. Just a lot of hard work and mistakes.

Sometimes I think there are devils at work in the kitchen - recipes that are always perfect sometimes come out less than perfect and I can't figure out why.

Capitalism sounds good in theory but it just doesn't work.

I'm no good at anything. Not men. Not social skills. Not work. Nothing.

What looks like a failure teaches us what not to do, what does not work. We have lessons to learn from our experiences.

The only work of art which succeeds is that which fails.

Sometimes, you have no idea why something works and other times, you put so much work and effort into something and it just falls flat.

Better to work and fail than to sleep one's life away.

Play is kids' work in that it is a form of experiential learning that contributes directly to a person's ability to handle failure, to work in teams, and to take risks.

I'm disappointed. I played my heart out and it didn't work.

Thank you... motion sensor hand towel machine. You never work, so I just end up looking like I'm waving hello to a wall robot.

Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset.

If more students use self-compassion to reframe their failures, they may discover more nourishing sources of motivation and healthier strategies to pursue their goals.

Rotten bosses don't get better. Any strategy that assumes they can is doomed.

I routinely failed to understand that 'simple and straightforward' would have been a much better product strategy for Lotus.

I'm no apologist for Russia or the Assad regime, but actually, this has been staring us in the face for a number of years now, and I think it's time to turn a page and accept reality. Our strategy - if that is the right word - failed miserably, and Russia's with Iran has been successful.

Modi failed miserably on most counts. He lacks the vision that a leader needs to possess and a strategy to achieve the vision and outcomes.

My Dad hated his job. He sold overcoats, but he wanted to make movies. He had a failed career working with the Ritz Brothers - they were like the Marx Brothers, only a tier below. I always had a picture in my mind of him in a straw hat.