Read quote“A failure is not always a mistake; it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances.”
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About Failure
Setbacks, mistakes, learning from defeat, and resilience after unsuccessful efforts.
The collection
Words on Failure
Read quote“The Indian Church has failed on the whole to produce a distinctive theology capable of reaching the minds and hearts of the people.”
Read quote“Another is probably not trying. Not trying is one of my biggest fears.”
Read quote“Sajnos, semmit sem lehetett megírni. Szörnyű, de így van. Nem, nem lehetett.”
Read quote“But you spoilt it all with a smile! My efforts were all useless.”
Read quote“We got the World Cup badly wrong.”
Read quote“Realistically speaking there is no such thing as failure.”
Read quote“Make mistakes, just don’t make them permanent.”
Read quote“Fall forward.”
Read quote“Your value is not placed in whether you win or lose this race.”
Read quote“If my gut tells me I can do something, I'm going to go for it, whether I fail or not.”
Read quote“I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.”
Read quote“I’m only human, so there are days that I stumble and I struggle but I never give up, I just always get back up and there’s always a brighter day ahead.”
Read quote“Как Сизиф, тащу камень счастия на гору, хотя он уже бесконечные разы вырывался из рук моих.”
Read quote“The greatest originals are the ones who fail the most, because they're the ones who try the most.”
Read quote“I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right.”
Read quote“And how you misunderstand it! how you spoil it!”
Original editorial
Quote Stories about Failure
A Kiln with Many Hands
When a potter inherits a failing communal kiln, she plans to work alone. Then cracked bowls, muddy boots, and a crowd of determined neighbors teach her what the kiln was built to hold.
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When Desks Learned to Bend
Nera’s first folding desk collapsed under the weight of a single book. Hiding the failure would be easy; inviting others to inspect it would be harder—and far more useful.
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Keep It Low
Vesa returned to competition expecting discipline to do the work. Aru taught her that a partner is not a second pair of hands, but another mind on the court.
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