Success, Failure, & Persistence

“There is no failure except in no longer trying” – Elbert Hubbard

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie

“Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.” – Herodotus

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don’t run you’ve already lost.” – Barack Obama

“Greatest success comes just one step beyond the point at which defeat overtakes you.”

“Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.” – Napoleon Hill

“The greatest achievement was, at first, and for a time, but a dream.” – Napoleon Hill

“No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.”- Napoleon Hill

“A Quitter never wins – and – a Winner never quits.” – Napoleon Hill

“Cultivate your desire for success to be greater than the fear of failure; Failure is merely a pitstop between where you stand and success. Failure allows you to learn the fastest; Failure inspires winners and defeats losers.”

“Winning means being unafraid to lose.” – Fran Tarkenton

“To be successful you don’t need to do extraordinary things, you just need to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.” – Jim Rohn

“It’s been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.” -Henry Ford

“Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes it’s built on catastrophe.” – Sumner Redstone Chairman

“For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.” -Mary Kay Ash founder

“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Success is 80% attitude and 20% aptitude.” – Funmi Wale-Adegbite

“Success in life is the result of good judgment. Good judgment is usually the result of experience. Experience is usually the result of bad judgment.” – Anthony Robbins

“Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.” – Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture (Book)

“You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.” – Booker T. Washington

“The major difference between the big shot and the little shot is the big shot is just a little shot who kept on shooting.” – Zig Ziglar

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Michael Jordan (Nike ‘Failure’ Commercial)

“In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo

“As soon as anyone starts telling you to be “realistic,” cross that person off your invitation list.” – John Eliot

“I haven’t failed. I’ve found 10,000 ways that don’t work.” — Thomas Edison, when inventing the first commercial light bulb.

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

“I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.” – Michael Jordan

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan

“Men are born to succeed, not fail.” – Henry David Thoreau

“One’s best success comes after their greatest disappointments.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert Francis Kennedy

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” – Calvin Coolidge

“Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become.” – Jim Rohn

“The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.” – Dennis Green

“The harder I work, the luckier I get.” – Gary Player

“Most of the important things in the world have been accompanied by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie

“But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!” – Rocky Balboa

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

All great changes are preceded by chaos. ~ Deepak Chopra

“Unless you’re willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won’t happen.” Phillip Adams