Quotes About Challenges and failures

"Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan."

— John F. Kennedy

"Failure is not fun - It can be awful. But living so cautiously that you never fail is worse."

— J. K. Rowling

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

— Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement."

— C. S. Lewis

"Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it."

— Charles Swindoll

"You learn ten times more in a crisis than during normal times."

— Geoff Colvin

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."

— George Bernard Shaw

"I have had a lot of setbacks that I have learned from."

— Susan Wojcicki

"Failure can trigger a torrent of painful emotions - hurt, anger, shame, even depression. As a result, most of us try to avoid mistakes; when they do happen, we try to sweep them under the rug."

— Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats

"The other thing exceptional people seem to have is a special talent for converting life's setbacks into future successes."

— Carol Dweck

"Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms."

— William Shakespeare

"But when people are in a growth mind-set, difficulty is a natural part of learning, so they are more likely to take it in stride and find new strategies that work better."

— Carol Dweck

"Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory."

— Herbert Kaufman

"It is during our last moments that we must focus to see the light."

— Aristotle Onassis

"People with fixed mind-set give up easily when faced with obstacles."

— Carol Dweck

"Setbacks are just learning experiences."

— Beth Brooke

"Challenges in life are inevitable, but the deciding factor is how we handle setbacks and challenges. people with a growth mind-set welcome challenges and setbacks. they believe that with effort through increased learning and good strategies such as practice, perseverance, motivation they can succeed."

— Carol Dweck

"Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of."

— Josh Billings

"The happiest people on earth don't have the best things in life, they just make the best of everything."

— Anonymous

"What can any of us do with his talent but to develop his vision, so that through frequent failure we may learn better what we have missed in the past."

— William Carlos Williams

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become."

— Emma Watson

"Boys, this is only a game. But it's like life, in that you will be dealt some bad hands. Take each hand, good or bad, and don't whine and complain, but play it out. If you're man enough to do that, God will help and you will come out well."

— Dwight D Eisenhower's mother

"People with fixed mind-set are only interested in hearing feedback that reflected directly on their talent and present ability, but tuned out information that could help them learn and improve."

— Carol Dweck

"A wise man turns chance into good fortune."

— Thomas Fuller

"Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation."

— Oscar Wilde

"Don't curse the darkness, light a candle."

— Chinese proverb

"Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny."

— C. S. Lewis

"After every difficulty, ask yourself two questions: 'What did I do right?' and 'What would I do differently?"

— Brian Tracy

"People with fixed mind-set avoid new challenges because they think they may fail and people will know that they are not smart. They think every situation calls for a confirmation of their intelligence, personality, or character. Every situation is evaluated:'Will I succeed or fail? Will I look smart or dumb? Will I be accepted or rejected? Will I feel like a winner or a loser?"

— Carol Dweck

"As painful as they are, those holes we all have in our hearts are what truly connect us to each other."

— Michelle Obama

"Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success."

— Arianna Huffington

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

— Henry Ford

"Failure is about not growing, not reaching for the things you value. It means you're not fulfilling your potential."

— Carol Dweck

"Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time."

— Og Mandino

"Responding appropriately when things go wrong-turning a failure into a good failure, one from which we learn is key to success in life."

— T. R. Hoerr

"We all hit moments when we feel helpless. The test is how we react to that feeling. We can either learn from it and move forward or let it drag us down. There are countless successful people who would have never made it if they had succumbed to feelings of helplessness."

— Dr Travis Bradberry

"Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional."

— Roger Crawford

"When fate hands you a lemon make a lemonade."

— Dale Carnegie

"No matter what happens, you still have a choice about how to respond."

— Condoleezza Rice

"If you can find ways without any obstacles, it probably leads nowhere."

— Che Guevara

"Hardship is a blessing when it spurs effort and development; ease is a curse when it increases complacency and self-indulgence."

— Muso Kokushi

"Whether you are in God's hand being used publicly or on the table in the darkness of obscurity it makes no difference to your value."

— Ray Bevan, Pastor

"Failure is usually the line of least persistence."

— Wilfred Beaver

"The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way."

— Robert Kiyosaki

"Whatever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves.. how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers."

— Leigh Hunt

"For people with a growth mind-set, setbacks are motivating, informative input - a wakeup call."

— Carol Dweck

"Very often we need to endure the darkness of the soil like a seed. The seed has to go through the process to release its potential, before it produces fruit. That little seed is buried in the darkness of the soil. I have learned that it is not in the spotlight that God develops you. It is in the darkness of obscurity, that is where the outer shell is broken down and the beauty of God break forth."

— Ray Bevan, Pastor

"Failure is information; we label it failure, but it's more like, this didn't work, and I'm a problem solver, so I'll try something else."

— Carol Dweck

"I've observed that if individuals who prevail in a high competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure and their ability to overcome it."

— Bill Walsh, Head Coach

"You need both self-confidence and self-doubt to do your best work. A little self-doubt can keep you humble enough to realize you may need to learn more or work harder at something. It may even give you the dogged determination to keep going and show people what you're made of. Doubt, causes us to question what we're doing, mentally prepares us to accept change, propels us to work harder or differently, and can lead to us taking more cooperative approaches in dealing with people who disagree with us."

— Alice Boyes, The Healthy Mind Toolkit

"The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere."

— Barack Obama

"Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

— Albert Einstein

"Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering."

— Theodore Roosevelt

"Common sense would suggest that having ability, like being smart, inspires confidence. It does, but only while the going is easy. The deciding factor in life is how you handle setbacks and challenges. People with a growth mind-set welcome setbacks with open arms."

— Carol Dweck

"Failure is an event not a person."

— William D Brown

"Never consider yourself a victim. When you think you are a victim, you have given control of your life to somebody else. You may not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your response to your circumstances."

— Codolezza Rice

"For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!"

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Expect anything worthwhile to take a long time."

— Debbie Millman

"What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better."

— Wendell Philips

"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."

— Charles Darwin

"Failure is information."

— Carol Dweck

"I learned to turn stumbles and missteps into sources of motivation."

— Michelle Obama

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

— Charles Dickens

"Life consist not in holding good cards, but in playing those you do hold well."

— Josh Billings

"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

— Joshua J. Marine

"The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success."

— B. C. Forbes

"Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good."

— Bertolt Brecht

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

— Dale Carnegie

"Turn your stumbling block into stepping stones."

— Anonymous

"Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved."

— Lao Tzu

"The only way to learn about life is through exploring"

— T. S. Elliot

"Failure is a problem to be faced, dealt with, and learned from."

— Carol Dweck

"The things which hurt, instruct."

— Benjamin Franklin

"People with growth mind-set embrace challenges."

— Carol Dweck

"Life consist not in holding good cards, but in playing those cards you do hold well."

— Josh Billings

"Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed."

— Abraham Lincoln

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

— John D. Rockefeller

"People with growth mind-set don't feel helpless because they know that in order to be successful, you need to be willing to fail hard and then bounce right back."

— Dr Travis Bradberry

"Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you."

— Aldous Huxley

"Necessity, is the mother of our invention."

— Plato

"Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk."

— Dalai Lama

"You are never a failure until you give up."

— Richard Nixon

"Mistakes and errors are the discipline through which we advance."

— Channing

"Instead of letting your hardships and failures discourage or exhaust you, let them inspire you. Let them make you even hungrier to succeed."

— Michelle Obama.

"Many people dream of success. To me success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection. Success is the 1% that results from the 99% we call failure."

— Soichiro Honda

"My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me. I have fun running all the Virgin businesses-so a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve."

— Richard Branson

"I've learned that it's not a straight road to the top, and there are going to be setbacks along the way. You have to be patient, and you have to keep believing in what you're doing. And keep believing in yourself, no matter what is happening. And then eventually you'll get there."

— Eugenie Bouchard

"You have to keep pushing toward those dreams no matter what setbacks happen."

— Anthony Hamilton

"Instead of letting those feelings defeat you, let them motivate you."

— Michelle Obama

"To lose is to learn."

— Anonymous

"Like success, failure is many things to many people. With a positive mental attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, and a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again."

— W Clement Stone

"People will throw stones at you, use them and build an empire."

— Wild Woman Sisterhood

"I'm very determined, and I know I can achieve, so I don't let little setbacks put me down."

— Ana Ivanovic

"Our mistakes won't irreparably damage our lives unless we let them."

— James E Sweaney

"The difference between the successful and unsuccessful isn't the absence of obstacles, but the presence of perseverance."

— Chris Widener

"You gotta play the hand that is dealt you. There may be pain in that hand but you play it."

— James Brady

"In a growth mind-set, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So rather than thinking, oh, I'm going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here's a chance to grow."

— Carol Dweck

"'Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

— Winston S. Churchill

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths."

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

"Failure can be a reward, for it is through failure that we can learn the most."

— M. Ricci

"Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don't let these feelings stop them."

— T. Harv Eker

"Life has a way of presenting challenges that disguise themselves as dead ends, hopeless situations that seem impossible to overcome. In the midst of these challenges it may feel like the only option is to roll over, surrender, and admit defeat; but maybe there is another way. While these challenges may appear as dead ends, they are often times Divine opportunities waiting to be realized. Your dead end may be: Failure like Michael J Fox, Poverty like Oprah Winfrey, Sin like King David, tragedy like Jesus, multiple academic failures like Kevin V Gresham II, whatever your situation ' however final your dead end may seem ' God can if you call on him, he will show up in the midst of your problem and turn things around for your good and his glory."

— Kevin V Gresham II

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

— James Baldwin