Repeated Failures Quotes

#1. Government grows despite repeated failures to serve the public well because government's purpose no longer is to serve the public. Government now serves primarily the interests of those who work for the government.

Jack Kelly

#2. Man, as man, has never realized himself. The greater part of him, his potential being, has always been submerged. What is history if not the endless story of his repeated failures?

Henry Miller

#3. Failures, repeated failures, are sign-posts on the road to achievement. The only time you don't want to fail is the last time you try something (and it works).

Charles Kettering

#4. Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.

B.K.S. Iyengar

#5. Truth is only sweet to the ears only after a person is sick of drinking the vinegar of repeated failures.

Orrin Woodward

#6. I have seen too many young writers give up because they couldn't handle the repeated failures their profession threw at them. They had talent, but they lacked determination and resilience. Marina had all three, and that's why I am certain she would have succeeded.

Marina Keegan

#7. The process of achievement comes through repeated failures and the constant struggle to climb to a higher level.

John C. Maxwell

#8. Every great improvement has come after repeated failures. Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

Charles Kettering

#9. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward towards success.

C.S. Lewis

#10. Every great cause is born from repeated failures and from imperfect achievements.

Maria Montessori

#11. Seldom can the heart be lonely,
If it seek a lonelier still;
Self-forgetting, seeking only
Emptier cups of love to fill.

Frances Ridley Havergal

#12. The best way to keep from stumbling over the past was to move forward,

Susan Wiggs

#13. I have been amongst the best players in the world for 8 years. None at that level played as many ties as I did.

Amelie Mauresmo

#14. On an unconscious level, the demonization of sexuality usually implies the demonization of males and the victimization of females.

Warren Farrell

#15. It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.

John Hersey

#16. The key to having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to get there, both of which should be used together: (1) Define a short to-do list and (2) define a not-to-do list.

Tim Ferriss

#17. In the cases that come before the Department of Justice involving a wide range of unlawful activities, we see repeated evidence of family and community failures.

Robert Kennedy

#18. I love you,' he repeated. 'All my failures were preparations for meeting you.

John Le Carre

#19. Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

Johnny Weir

#20. The chances we take, knowing no better than to fall or to stand back and hold ourselves in ... protecting our hearts with the tightest of grips.

Sarah Dessen

#21. Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success

Eric Hoffer