1.
It is not sufficient that I succeed - all others must fail.
Genghis Khan
'I cannot be content until everyone else has been defeated.'
2.
We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.
Robert Baden-Powell
'Our success is ensured when we fulfill our obligations, but failure follows if we ignore them.'
3.
It's not that I succeed, it's that everyone else has to fail, horribly, preferably in front of their parents.
Attila the Hun
I triumph as others suffer crushing defeat, preferably in the presence of their guardians.
4.
It is better to be alone with God. His friendship will not fail me, nor His counsel, nor His love. In His strength, I will dare and dare and dare until I die.
Joan of Arc
It is preferable to be in communion with the Divine. His allegiance will not disappoint me, nor His advice, nor His fondness. With His power, I shall attempt and attempt and attempt until I expire.
5.
When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
Marcus Garvey
When all else fails to rally the populace, matters will take their course.
6.
The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with how you still fail at it a lot of the time.
John Mulaney
The more you practice, the more resilient you become when faced with persistent inadequacy.
7.
If you're afraid to fail, you'll never succeed.
Dan Gable
If you dread disappointment, you will never attain success.
8.
I know you feel worn and tired. I know you're tired of failing. Rest, but don't stop. You can do this. You got this.
Not because you're strong, but because He's your strength.
Yasmin Mogahed
I understand you've been exhausted and defeated. Take a break, but don't give up. Believe in yourself. You can do this. It's not your own might that will carry you, it's His strength that will get you through.
9.
One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities.
Abraham Maslow
One's only shortcoming is not fulfilling one's own potential.
10.
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
Galileo Galilei
When our senses fail to provide understanding, rationality must take precedence.
11.
The danger is not to set your goal too high and fail to reach it. It’s to set your goal too low and reach it
Georges St-Pierre
The peril is not to aim excessively high and fall short of it. It's to aim too low and accomplish it.
12.
That propaganda is good which leads to success, and that is bad which fails to achieve the desired result. It is not propaganda’s task to be intelligent, its task is to lead to success.
Joseph Goebbels
'The efficacy of a campaign is evaluated based on the outcome; success warrants positive recognition, while failure requires an overhaul. It is not propaganda's job to be smart, but to generate success.'
13.
Old concept: Love is blind. Marriage is an eye opener. New concept: Love is not blind - it simply enables one to see things others fail to see.
Johann Sebastian Bach
'Old notion: Love is blind. Marriage reveals the truth. New maxim: Love is not sightless - it merely allows one to perceive things that others cannot.'
14.
The multitude of people fail because they talk failure.
T. B. Joshua
The vast majority of people succumb to failure due to their negative rhetoric.
15.
Being alone has a power over me that never fails. My interior dissolves (for the time being only superficially) and is ready to release what lies deeper. When I am willfully alone, a slight ordering of my interior begins to take place and I need nothing more.
Franz Kafka
16.
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can't you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you - unless you actually fail the test?
Paul the Apostle
Analyze yourselves to determine if you remain in the faith; evaluate yourselves. Can't you recognize that Jesus Christ is within you - unless you actually fail the assessment?
17.
I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do.
Helen Keller
'Although I am not omnipotent, I can still contribute. Thus, I mustn't abandon the chance to make a difference that lies in my grasp.'
18.
You're going to fail a few times, because that is the only time you actually learn something.
Hans Zimmer
You will encounter a few setbacks, as this is when you truly absorb knowledge.
19.
Failure is not an option. Failure is necessary...We try. We fail. We learn. We adjust.
Craig Groeschel
'Defeat is not a choice. Defeat is fundamental...We attempt. We stumble. We instruct ourselves. We adapt.'
20.
It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.
Iris Murdoch
21.
When you stop being so afraid of failing you become much more free to succeed
Rich Mullins
22.
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
Elon Musk
23.
Dream a dream so big that unless God intervenes it will fail.
Hudson Taylor
24.
The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him - it cannot fail
Walt Whitman
26.
"Why is everyone here so happy except me?" "Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere," said the Master. "Why don't I see goodness and beauty everywhere?" "Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside."
Anthony de Mello
27.
You can not achieve success without the risk of failure. If you are not afraid to fail, than you have a chance, but you are never going to get there unless you risk it.
Paul Heyman
28.
It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.
Romain Rolland
30.
The True Church can never fail. For it is based upon a rock.
T. S. Eliot
31.
If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.
Rudy Rucker
32.
A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.
Winston Churchill
33.
There's no shame in failing. The only shame is not giving things your best shot.
Robin Williams
34.
Don't be afraid to fail. Experience is just mistakes you don't make anymore.
Joe Garagiola
35.
In childhood the daylight always fails too soon - except when there are going to be fireworks.
Jan Struther
37.
I have never judged myself by other people’s standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself.
Sophia Loren
38.
If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.
Madeleine L'Engle
40.
Those who fail to learn from the brutal stompings visited on them in the past are doomed to be brutally stomped in the future.
Hunter S. Thompson
41.
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.
Klemens von Metternich
42.
If I fail, I try again, and again, and again
Nick Vujicic
43.
Courage? The moment when my troubles are going to end is not the moment when my courage is going to fail me.
Marie Antoinette
44.
Music is all about transporting people, speaking a language which languages fail to express.
A. R. Rahman
46.
Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.
Helen Gurley Brown
47.
One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at, and a lot more urgently, is those who fail.
Michael Morpurgo
48.
Love and build, love and work, love and fight. Always love first. Anything placed before love will fail.
Sister Souljah
50.
The advantage of the cauliflower is that if all else fails, you can always cover it with melted cheese and eat it.
William E. Simon