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I have not failed. I’ve just found ten thousand ways that won’t work.
– Thomas Edison

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
– Thomas Edison

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

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
– Henry Ford

You never fail until you stop trying.
– Albert Einstein

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
– Albert Einstein

Everyone falls down. Getting back up is how you learn how to walk.
– Walt Disney

I think it’s important to have a good hard failure when you’re young. I learned a lot out of that. Because it makes you kind of aware of what can happen to you.
– Walt Disney

If you really look at the ones that ended up being “successful” in the eyes of the society and the ones that didn’t, oftentimes it’s the ones who were successful loved what they did, so they could persevere when it got really tough.
– Steve Jobs

It’s impossible to fail if you learn from your mistakes. Don’t give up.
– Steve Jobs

Turn your wounds into wisdom.
– Oprah Winfrey

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

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
– Winston Churchill

I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career.
I’ve lost almost 300 games.
Twenty-six 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

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
– Colin Powell

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
– Truman Capote

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
– Dale Carnegie

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
– Napoleon Hill

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.
– John Maxwell