24 Powerful Quotes on Failure That Will Inspire You to Succeed

We see failure as a bad thing or as a halt in progress. But, failure is not a bad thing at all; it is the greatest sign of success.
Every time we fail at something, we take one step closer to achieving the success we desire.

Here are 24 powerful quotes on failure that will inspire you to succeed.

1. “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.” – J. K. Rowling

2. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan

3. “Don’t be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.” – Maude Adams

4. “Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.” – Benjamin Franklin

5. “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.” – Mary Kay Ash

6. “Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.” – Zig Ziglar

7. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie

8. “Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” – Jack Canfield

9. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

10. “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby

11. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas A Edition

12. “You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can because that’s where you will find success, on the other side of failure.” – Thomas Watson

13. “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford

14. “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” – Bill Cosby

15. “Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill

16. “Failure is often the line of least persistence.” – Zig Ziglar

17. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

18. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison

19. “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel

20. “I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” – Benjamin Franklin

21. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem

22. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

23. “When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.” – George Bernard Shaw

24. “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” – Bill Gates

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