Quotes About Failure

His conclusion, preserved for posterity, was that the experiment of interning families of suspected nationalities—German, Japanese, Italians, and others—was a failure. Nonetheless,

When things worked, they were theirs; when they failed, they were his.

Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose.

When you are depressed, believing you have failed at something regularly referred to as 'the plan of happiness' can very quickly generate despair.

The psuedoscience of planning seems almost neurotic in its determination to imitate empiric failure and ignore empiric success.)

Certainly, trying to teach the head while ignoring the body and emotions may account for a great deal of school failure.

I believe only in art and failure.

The concept of the psychopath is, in fact, an admission of failure to solve the mystery of evil—it is merely a restatement of the mystery—and only offers an escape valve for the frustration felt by psychiatrists, social workers, and police officers, who daily encounter its force.

Nothing crushes the soul of a father more than the loss of the beloved son he failed to lavish his love on."

Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping the outcomes [of the various societies' histories] towards success or failure: long-term planning and willingness to reconsider core values. On reflection we can also recognize the crucial role of these same two choices for the outcomes of our individual lives.

One hundred thirty years ago, this nation very nearly tore itself apart because of race. It could do so again. Policies based on white guilt and reverse racism have failed. Policies based on the denial of individual responsibility have failed. We must have the courage to admit that they have failed, and forge new policies that will succeed.

Wisdom isn't taught; it's not a science. Wisdom is a tattoo carved into the mind after a lifetime of failures and achievements.

But failure to gain significant and sustained political backing, relentless persecution, and other factors still not fully understood brought the Manichaean world crashing down. One

Obscurity is a good thing. You can fail in obscurity. It removes the fear of failure.

Failure is not a pre-requisite for success. Already successful entrepreneurs are far more likely to succeed again than who failed

Contrast (failure) that with learning from your successes. Success gives you real ammunition. When something succeeds, you know what worked - and you can do it again. And the next time, you'll probably do it even better.

Other people's failures are just that: other people's failures. If

Failure is not a prerequisite for success.

Other people's failures are just that: other people's failures.

With so much failure in the air, you can't help but breathe it in. Don't inhale. Don't get fooled by the stats. Other people's failures are just that: other people's failures

3. Another common misconception: You need to learn from your mistakes. What do you really learn from mistakes? You might learn what not to do again, but how valuable is that? You still don't know what you should do next. Contrast that with learning from your successes.

right—premature hiring is the death of many companies.

There was joy at their escape, and the jagged excitement at the prospect of battle. But there was also fear of the precariousness of their situation, and anxiety at the possibility that they might fail.

Where Kylo Ren and his sorcery had failed, Hux and his technological prowess would triumph.