Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances. Orison Swett Marden
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. Thomas A. Edison
I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try. Nikki Giovanni
I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success. Paulo Coelho
It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. Denis Waitley
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. George Eliot
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. Benjamin Disraeli
Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better. Samuel Beckett
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success. Dorthea Brande
Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed. Lily Tomlin
You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.' Florence Scovel Shinn
It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes. Anne Baxter
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best. George Eliot
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. George Eliot
We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing. Robert E. Lee
Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe. Sumner Redstone
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