“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
—Winston Churchill
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Ain’t that how we all learn? Never stop never-stopping!
Yup, I agree. We learn from our mistakes and perseverance pays off.
“You gotta f #ck up to move up.”
Had a mentor tell me this when I was still a pup and damn if I haven’t seen it play out time & time again over the years.
Love your response, Mongo.
Most of the time when you f #ck up you move down.
That’s expected of many people. It’s just not easy to bounce back from failure, but failure has been part of many people’s growth and success. Your answer is of the most occurrence because most people lack the fortitude to keep trying. Good answer!
Love the quotes idea, Buba, but I’m always suspect of pithy quotes that ignore reality or are shallow. Failure is often fatal and self destructive. Sometimes, people never learn from failure because of intrinsic flaws that lead to repeated failure. And the older you get, the less you’re able to adjust. I think it’s great when we do learn from failure but I’d bet that’s more the exception than the rule.
“Failure is often fatal and self destructive.”
True. And some people can’t seem to recover from a failure. But then, again, you go through trials and tribulations to be who you really need to be.
Great subject, Buba!
The battle of the quotes. So what is the best quote about failure and success and balancing them? Here are some great ones. I love #1, 2, and 4.
1. “Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be” – John Wooden
2. “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” – Jack Canfield
3. “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel
4. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
5. “The phoenix must burn to emerge.” – Janet Fitch
6. “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” – Ken Robinson
7. “Giving up is the only sure way to fail.” – Gena Showalter
8. “If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want” – Richard Yates
9. “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” – Denis Waitley
10. “When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.” – Ellen DeGeneres
Man, these are great quotes. I will have a hard time picking just a few of them. Instead, I will go for all of them. Each one of them is unique in that they all reflect reality and I could go over them all day and won’t get enough. Great collection, Tom, and thanks for sharing.
By the way, I personally am one of those people who failed multiple times before succeeding. My philosophy has always been never to regret not doing something.
That’s led me to making some great and horrible decisions in my life but my only regrets were for things I’d do differently, not for things I wished I had tried to do.
That’s some very nice story, Tom.
My 3 cents, all anonymous: “Your error is not nearly so important as your response.” “If you don’t have time to do it right, how will you have time to do it over?” And this classic: “A woman’s place is in the home, as soon as she can get there after work. ” :))
Man, I find these quotes very humorous and true. That’s some good stuff, John.
Mrs. LakerTom appreciated that last one, John.