All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success.
Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'
It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.
Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.
For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide.
Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.
Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.
Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.
Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.