- Nov 07, 2020
Failure Quotes
What failure costs, and what it sometimes forces.
This page gathers failure quotes on a wide range of subjects: a legal misdemeanor for not filing a form, the long odds behind a legendary TV pilot season, and a blunt wartime statement that failure simply wasn't an option. One entry reflects on a major historical intelligence failure. See Fear for what often sits just behind failure.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
Life is like a circle and you have to know when to move on. Success and failure are a part and parcel of it.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every film, regardless of being a success or a failure or anything in between, teaches you something. You might not sometimes realise what it taught you, but down the line, there would be a lesson in it.
- Simple
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- Nov 07, 2020
Failure is easy to handle because once you fail, the options are very simple... like, 'Try something different,' or, 'Maybe if you do the same thing, do it in a different way.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope to show people everywhere that you can be unapologetically you and still succeed. I also hope that by using more diverse models, brands can see that there is power in diversity, and not shy away from doing something new for fear of failure. The effects are bigger than just the fashion industry.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset. As people have been noting for years, the majority of strategic initiatives that are driven from the top are marginally effective - at best.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not an artist, and I want to take risks, and when the possibility of failure occurs, it's because the idea is all exciting or interesting as a high wire act, and sometimes you've got to fall off, just by virtue of the fact that you're constantly trying to evolve and do new things.
- Feedback
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always substitute the word 'feedback' for 'failure.'
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020