Leadership and Failure

Failure is evidence of an attempt.

Failure lies not in a lack of success but in failing to try.

Failure is giving up, not falling.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
A. Lincoln

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
Zig Ziglar

Failure is not the absence of error, but of effort.
N.L.

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

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
Lao Tzu

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

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

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
John Wooden

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
Zig Ziglar

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

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Thomas Edison

Show me someone content with mediocrity and I’ll show you someone destined for failure.
Johnetta Cole

No man is ever whipped, until he quits in his own mind.
Napoleon Hill

The probability that we may fail in struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Abraham Lincoln

In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
Vince Lombardi

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don’t fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
Jim Rohn

These are some of my favorite quotes on failure geared towards leadership. Share some of your favorites below!

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  • http://tcavey.blogspot.com/ TCAvey

    Wow, really great quotes. Can’t decide which one I like best.  I don’t have any to share at the moment, but if I think of one, I’ll come back. 

    • http://www.noahlomax.com/ Noah Lomax

      Awesome! Thanks for reading!

  • http://twitter.com/AskWhatNext AJ Borowsky

    Here’s one from a post I wrote: “Disappointment is temporary, success is resilient.”

    • http://www.noahlomax.com/ Noah Lomax

      That’s excellent, as was your post!

  • Lynnae Lawson

    Thank you for this post. I have some students who are struggling with the difference between failing and being a failure–I’m definitely passing this one along! We all need to remember that failing is just a step toward success!

    • http://www.noahlomax.com/ Noah Lomax

      Thanks, I hope it helps them!

  • http://www.lifeofasteward.com Loren Pinilis

    My favorite is the Zig Ziglar quote. That’s so wise.

    • http://www.noahlomax.com/ Noah Lomax

      I’m a huge Ziglar fan. I have liked his stuff since I was a teenager!