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“If you’re not willing to fail you won’t succeed.”
Shai Agassi (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You don’t have to be like everybody else. If you seek fame, you will fail, if you seek faithfulness, you will succeed. If you invest in others on behalf of God, He will eventually invest in others on your behalf.”
Nii Okai (born 1977) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Moko Bɛ is like ‘love at first sight’— Nii Okai, September 2 2023
“I will persist until I succeed. I was not deIivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd.”
Og Mandino (1923–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.”
Thomas J. Watson (1874–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Watson in: Roger von Oech (1982), A Whack on the Side of the Head and Industrial participation (1987) Nr 594-603. p. 262.
“I must hold in balance the sense of the futility of effort and the sense of the necessity to struggle; the conviction of the inevitability of failure and still the determination to "succeed" — and, more than these, the contradiction between the dead hand of the past and the high intentions of the future.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Revolt against a tyrant is legitimate; it can succeed. Revolt against human nature is doomed to failure.”
André Maurois (1885–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might be the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of matériel and supplies?”
Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966) first seen 1944 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Three favorite rules of thumb" Nimitz had printed on a card he kept on his desk, as quoted in LIFE magazine (10 July 1944)
“Come with tenacity, come with courage, come with boldness, come with discipline… Failure is not an option, you're going to succeed at this… Don't wait for people to invite you to the table, grab the chair and sit at the table because you belong there. Don't wait for any favors or handouts.”
Jumoke Oduwole (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Firstly, sports taught me that it’s never a failure if you don’t succeed. It taught me to build character, perseverance and how to socialise.”
Steffi van Wyk (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I set the bar very high, because failure would have negative repercussions for all women. Likewise, if I succeed, it will have positive repercussions for women. This is my personal and modest contribution to my Nigerien sisters.”
Amina Moumouni (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure.”
Dan Quayle (attributed) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to a speech in Phoenix, Arizona to the Phoenix Republican Forum (23 March 1990), quoted in Esquire (August 1992)
“Dare to fail. If you never fail, you're never taken risks and that's no way to take on this life.”
Richie Sambora (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why do we resist giving help to homeless men? In part because we don’t understand how our pressure on men to support families often forces men to take transient jobs that are but a step away from homelessness (the death-of-a-salesman jobs, the migrant worker jobs…) and in part because we respond differently to men who fail [than women who fail].”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. Scientists made a great invention by calling their activities hypotheses and experiments. They made it permissible to fail repeatedly until in the end they got the results they wanted. In politics or government, if you made a hypothesis and it didn't work out, you had your head cut off.”
Edwin H. Land (1909–1991) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "A Genius and His Magic Camera" in LIFE magazine (27 October 1972); also in The Instant Image : Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience (1978) by Mark Olshaker, p. 65
“The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail. If there is something you are expected to do, but don't want to do, or even have done for you, you can safely appeal to the UN in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.”
Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917–2008) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New Republic, November 4, 1985
“Let them fail; let everybody fail! I made my fortune when I had nothing to start with, by myself and my own ideas. Let other people do the same thing. If I lose everything in the collapse of our financial structure, I will start in at the beginning and build it up again.”
Henry Ford (1863–1947) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: February 11, 1934; quoted in: Peter Collier, David Horowitz (2001). The Fords: An American Epic. p. 108
“The hope of courage lies in every heart, together with the fear that we will fail. When the test came, you did not fail.”
Romeo LeBlanc (1927–2009) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Source: speech at the Ceremony for Decorations for Bravery, June 23, 1995.
“I invite even the school of violence to give this peaceful non-co-operation a trial. It will not fail through its inherent weakness. It may fail because of poverty of response. Then will be one time for real danger. The high-souled men, who are unable to suffer national humiliation any longer, will want to vent their wrath. They will take to violence.”
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, "We did this ourselves.”
Laozi (580–501 BC) said by 501 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Until the bourgeoisie is completely vanquished, until its wealth has been confiscated, the proletariat must without fail possess a military force, it must without fail have its "proletarian guard," with the aid of which it will repel the counter-revolutionary attacks of the dying bourgeoisie, exactly as the Paris proletariat did during the Commune.”
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) said by 1953 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One year ago, our country was dead. We were absolutely dead. Our country was ready to fail. Totally fail. Now we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world. And that’s said by every single leader that I’ve spoken to over the last five months.”
Donald Trump (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Spare the rod and spoil the child” is not sadistic; it is hard common sense. You fail your children worst if you do not punish them when they need it. The lessons you fail to teach them will be taught later and much more harshly by a cruel world, the real world where no excuses are accepted.”
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everything started as a dream. You gotta have insight, know what you want. You gotta have a plan. Like I tell anybody, if you fail to plan, you're planning to fail. I've been planning ever since I was a youngster. You've got to start from somewhere. There's nothing wrong or demeaning in flipping burgers. It's more proud than selling drugs.”
“Creativity comes from the freedom to fail. And freedom to fail comes from experimentation, and that's what gives something its individuality. And, you know, I think her courage, which is the positive way of interpreting it, or bloody-mindedness, which is the negative, is part of what gives her real value as an artist.”
Peter Gabriel (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We may fail, do fail continually, but He never fails.”
James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (A.J. Broomhall. Hudson Taylor and China’s Open Century, Book Five: Refiner’s Fire. London: Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1985, 175).
“Everyone's talked about Bank of America and Citigroup and the rest being too big to fail, but no, no, no. The most important point...is that the US must be perceived to be too big to fail.”
Ian Bremmer (born 1969) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The West Should Fear the Growth of State Capitalism," The Daily Telegraph (July 10, 2010).
“As a pioneer swimmer, you've got to be willing to fail and try again. The point isn’t to learn to fail, the point is to learn to bounce back.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That’s not worth worrying about. If pressed I’ll use the never-fail universal apology.” “What’s the n-never-fail universal apology?” “‘I was badly misinformed, I deeply regret the error, go fuck yourself with this bag of money.’”
Scott Lynch (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At a crisis in my youth he taught me the wisdom of choice: To try and fail is at least to learn; to fail to try is to suffer the inestimable loss of what might have been.”
Chester Barnard (1886–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The theory of rational action may therefore fail, because it is unable to produce unique prescriptions and predictions. It may also fail if the agents’ behavior does not conform to predictions, whether these are unique or not; that is, if the agents are irrational. There are multiple sources of irrationality, hot or cold.”
Jon Elster (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fail to prepare, prepare to fail”
“Maybe you wanna quit when things fail but you can't just fail when things quit.”
PewDiePie (born 1989) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: depression.wmv (polybridge) (15 August 2017)
“Creativity is difficult. When you are being creative, you’re living by faith. You don’t know what’s next because the created, by definition, is what’s never been before. So you’re living at the edge of something in which you’re not very confident. You might fail: in fact, you almost certainly will fail a good part of the time. All the creative persons I know throw away most of the stuff they do.”
Eugene H. Peterson (1932–2018) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Contemplative Pastor (1993)
“Yes; the gods are asleep for awhile. But noble hearts still walk here, fighting over again the ancient fight. They seek each other, so as to be of mutual help. We will not fail them. To fail would be nothing, but to stop working for Humanity and Brotherhood would be awful. We cannot: we will not. (Vol. I, Letter 7)”
William Quan Judge (1851–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Businesses that fail to change die, while their men move on. Militaries that fail to change move on, while their men die. {DCJ 16, July 2018}”
Brig. Gen. Eran Ortal (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's going to fail your project if you take the easy bits first, deliberately. Because you can't solve the difficult bit, your project will fail late than failing early and your company will lose lots of money.”
Joe Armstrong (programmer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We probably had a one percent chance at succeeding because most people who attempt to do this fail, but if you’re not afraid to fail let’s go for it.”
Zachary Laoutides (born 1986) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ABC Eyewitness News Chicago 2016: Award-winning Latino filmmakers thrive in Aurora
“You're bound to meet a lot of stumbling blocks, and you’re bound to fail at certain things, but the number of times you fail is not the issue, it is the number of times you pick yourself up, dust yourself and continue your journey.”
Bolanle Austen-Peters (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the Venezuelan people fail to grasp the seriousness of the situation and fail to categorically speak out in favor of democracy and freedom, we will find ourselves subjected to a Marxist-style dictatorship.”
Rosalio José Castillo Lara (1922–2007) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Venezuela on verge of Marxist dictatorship says cardinal (15 January 2006) Catholic News Agency
“Now honest down-to-earth tough love is the only virtue that I know of that's guaranteed never to fail. We often fail loving, but love never fails.”
Robert H. Meneilly (1925–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some of us have learnt how not to cry in public. How to dance with broken bones. How to sing with a sore...How to laugh even when life is not being funny...How to stumble, stagger and still walk with a swag. And yet how to know and trust without a shadow of doubt that God cannot fail even if He tried to fail!”
Roselyn Ngissah first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Berlinda Entsie, Roselyn Ngissah's birthday style is a lesson for plus-size women, Pulse.com.gh, February 8, 2023.
“Don't 'fake it till you make it.' That's garbage advice. Face it till you make it. Get up. Work hard. Fail. Stand back up. Face it again. Do a little better. Fail again. Get back up.”
Heart Evangelista (born 1985) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: . "Heart Evangelista, nagbigay ng nakaka-inspire na mensahe: "Face it till you make it" Read more: https://kami.com.ph/entertainment/celebrities/158091-heart-evangelista-nagbigay-ng-nakaka-inspire-na-mensahe-face/". 06 …
“If we fail to prepare, we prepare to fail.”
Benjamin Franklin (misattributed) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Franklin in Julita Agustin-Israel, Lakas ng Loob, 1996, p. 53; there is no evidence that he coined any forms of this quote.
“Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you; But of a good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aims fulfilled, They will all say, We did this ourselves.”
George S. Patton (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.”
Ronald David Laing (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You're bound to meet a lot of stumbling blocks, and you’re bound to fail at certain things, but the number of times you fail is not the issue, it is the number of times you pick yourself up, dust yourself and continue your journey.”
Bolanle Austen-Peters (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.”
George Orwell (1903–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When we want to do something while unconsciously certain to fail, we seek advice so we can blame someone else for the failure.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Capitalism has always been a failure for the lower classes. It is now beginning to fail for the middle classes.”
Howard Zinn (1922–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source