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“Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.”
Albert Bandura (1925–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even people who do cleaning work can write fairy tales. And they can even make better work than me. The problem is that no one encourages them to do so. The most essential thing that people seek is appreciation by others. That is what largely decides one's success or failure.”
Zheng Yuanjie (born 1955) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zheng Yuanjie (2004) in: "Zheng Yuanjie's 19 years in fairy tales" on chinadaily.com.cn, May 10, 2004 (online).
“A city of silence and truth, where success and failure, murderer and victim, come together, where thieves and policemen lie side by side in peace for the first and last time.”
Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With love, one is also constantly planting the seeds for the success or failure of a partnership, and knowing this, we are especially responsible for the happiness or suffering of those who have opened up to us. The increased intimacy in love relationships leads to an exceptionally fast ripening of both beings’ good and bad impressions in mind.”
Lama Ole Nydahl (1941–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can't lose your nerve for the big failure because you need exactly the same nerve for the big success.”
Regina E. Dugan (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“‘I Owe My Success to My Failure‘.”
Rati Tsiteladze (born 1987) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As Quoted in Georgian Journal in 2010
“Failure is a necessary part of success.”
Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success, even in a comparatively limited field, is some compensation for failure in a wider field of endeavour.”
E. W. Hobson (1856–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All that this country can achieve depends on developing our nation as a high growth, vibrant economy. In the modern global economy, even the greatest political ambition is doomed to failure without an economy driving employment, investment, research and development and rewarding success.”
Alex Salmond (1954–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight. The Universe did not create Life in the hope that the failure of the majority would underscore the success of the few. Spirtiuality atleast, we live in a democracy, an equal opportunity society.”
B. K. S. Iyengar (1918–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success doesn't teach as many lessons as failure does.”
“Failure is a frequent stop on the road to success.”
“What happened?” “Let’s just say my efforts to reprogram the weapon were not an unqualified success, shall we, and leave it at that?” She hated discussing failure almost as much as she hated the thing itself.”
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success or failure in business is caused more by mental attitude even than by mental capacity.”
Walter Dill Scott (1869–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Your culture can sow both the seeds of success and failure in your organization.”
Don Soderquist (1934–2016) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Don Soderquist “The Wal-Mart Way: The Inside Story of the Success of the World's Largest Company, Thomas Nelson, April 2005, p. 42.
“I have seen companies that have shady practices thrive for a period of time. But the success never lasts. Whether it is a scandal or a long-term erosion of customer loyalty, doing business—doing life—without values is short sighted and leads to failure.”
Don Soderquist (1934–2016) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Don Soderquist “Live Learn Lead to Make a Difference, Thomas Nelson, April 2006 p. 120.
“When failure is not an option, success can be expensive.”
Peter Stibrany (born 1959) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Conference paper Stibrany, P. and Carroll, K.A., "The Microsat Way in Canada," in Proc. ASTRO 2000 - 11th CASI Conference on Astronautics, Ottawa, Canada, 6-9 Nov. 2000.
“In all there are four arguments here for the multiverse: the failure of conventional methods for understanding why the cosmological constant is not large, the success of the environmental theories for doing so, the successful prediction of the nonzero cosmological constant, and the string landscape.”
Joseph Polchinski (1954–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We need to love [children] and help them discover their passions. We need to encourage them to work hard and help them understand that failure is a necessary ingredient for success, as is perseverance.”
Bran Ferren (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In my experience, each failure contains the seeds of your next success—if you are willing to learn from it.”
Paul Allen (1953–2018) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Idea Man (2012)
“Details matter. Ignoring them can be the difference between success and failure.”
Dan Crenshaw (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I never planned ahead for anything in my life -- not for my exams, not when I had to buy clothes for an occasion -- I always do things at the last moment. So when I got the captaincy, I kept doing what I always did. I never thought about success, failure, future or past.”
Mashrafe Mortaza (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My failure is a window for your success.”
Ron English (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our strength or weakness will depend on our success or failure to attract the loyalty and devotion of men at home and in the uncommitted nations. Our military strength has bought us time--expensive and precious time; time to examine the weaknesses in our private enterprise system and to make corrections--corrections needed to make the system more workable and more attractive to all.”
Paul Hellyer (1923–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a century when a staggeringly funded military couldn't win a war anywhere (and yet never stopped trying), failure continues to prove to be the military-industrial complex's ultimate success.”
William D. Hartung (born 1955) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tomgram: Mandy Smithberger, A Recipe for Disaster (January 21, 2020), TomDispatch
“You can always choose between resistance or possibility. This simple choice determines the difference between failure or success. The secret rests in learning to listen without prejudice or predilection.”
Aaravindha Himadra wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Game development is very difficult. Nobody sets out to create a game that’s not fun. It’s all of the challenges and difficulties that happen throughout development that determine whether a game is a failure or a success. I think playing those thousands of games is the single best and easiest way to learn from my predecessors.”
Masahiro Sakurai (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is how well you learn from your failure and how quickly you recover from it that will build your success.”
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn" (2013) page 13”
John C. Maxwell (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again.”
Kareena Kapoor (born 1980) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I am already married: Kareena Kapoor", (13 October 2012).
“Remember, it’s not because of our failure that we’re being attacked, but because of our success.”
Dorothy Zellner (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you walk away when things aren't going well, I can guarantee you it's a recipe for failure. Participation doesn't guarantee success, but that grip, commitment, and continuation step by step is what's going to make us win.”
Miriam Altman wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Over time, my crush on Balder the Beautiful was converted into a crush on Ross, Franklin, Nares, Shackleton, Oates, and Scott. I should mention that all of the above explorers were unqualified failures. Not coincidentally, they were also all British. Americans admire success. Englishmen admire heroic failure.”
Anne Fadiman (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal.”
Dara Treseder first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dara Treseder – Co-Founder of NeuBridges, Mario Schulzke ~ March 29, 2017
“Just because you fall once or get knocked down is not failure, and that’s a step to success, if anything they should definitely show steps to commitment and dedication.”
Mimi Fawaz first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mimi on success in 2015
“Why are you going to choose failure when success is an option?”
Jillian Michaels (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“the incredible value of failing, that it – failure, can bring innovation and then success.”
Ozoz Sokoh (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success is admirable in a king, but failure is compelling and usually better recorded.”
Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To my mother, Elizabeth Basler Rickenbacker, with love and appreciation; her inspiration throughout life never failed me. To my wife, Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker, whose constant confidence, love and dedication have always supported me through failure and success.”
Eddie Rickenbacker (1890–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You cannot achieve success if failure scares you.”
Layi Wasabi wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.”
Edward Eggleston (1837–1902) said by 1902 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The discovery of America was due to the failure of the crusade against the Turks which was attempted by Pius II, and the success of which was frustrated by the rivalry and corruption of the states of Europe at that time.”
Gustavo Uzielli (1839–1911) said by 1911 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Amerigo Vespucci (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
“I find no foeman in the road but Fear — To doubt is failure, and to dare, success!”
Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1869–1905) first seen 1904 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Credo", st. 5. Love Triumphant (1904) p. 53
“For me it’s important to know what failure looks like, after all, success is always on the other side of fear.”
Jacqueline de Rojas (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have never lost my faith in my painting, my work, as a child or an adult, in sickness or health, success or failure, peace or war ...”
Rita Angus (1908–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As stated in Te Papa's "Audio descriptions for Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist," Te Papa 2021-2022. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Published: 2021-2022.
“Second, understand that failure is part of the journey. We often hear about people's successes but not so much about their failures. Many prominent people have had their own share of failures, which were necessary to their success.”
Temiloluwa Prioleau wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There’s a pattern to everything. Success, failure, sanity, madness, tranquility, chaos.”
“I think we learn more in failure than in success.”
Siphiwe Tshabalala (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Winston Churchill (misattributed) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Winston Churchill in The Prodigal Project : Book I : Genesis (2003) by Ken Abraham and Daniel Hart, p. 224 and other places, though no source attribution is given. It actually derives from an advertising c…
“I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”
Bill Cosby (misattributed) first seen 1882 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Originally from Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958); often attributed to Cosby, he actually cites this as a sound advice he once read elsewhere, in "Dr. Bill Cosby" in Ebony, Vol. 32, No. 8 (June 1977), p. 136