Seth Godin Quotes

Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.

In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.

If you're having trouble succeeding, fail.

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

To achieve you most be prepared to try; and be prepared to fail if you try.

The most successful people on the planet have failed more than ordinary ones.

If you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed.

Succes is really nothing more than the record of failure. To be successful means you must be willing to fail more than anyone else.

Successful people just don't let failure define them or keep them from doing what they want to do. For example, I'd have people come up to me after my shows, and they'd say they want to do stand-up but are scared they're going to fail. I'd tell them, "You are going to fail, and anyone who is success has powered through many, many failures."

One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.

Do not simplify. Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honour. It means you risked failure.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort. We are all imperfect and will fail on occasions, but fear of failure is the greatest failure of all.

Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.

Don't be too afraid of failure to learn what you need to learn.

I think that the only way that you're going to succeed anywhere is to fail, as crazy as that sounds. It's the only way. You have to fail your way up.

Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry about mistakes shut down, but those who are relaxed about doing badly soon learn to do well. Success is built on failure.

Don't be afraid to fail. For the love of God, don't be afraid to fail, because you're going to fail. So try to fail as hard as you can is what I would say, because you're always going to get up and you're going to learn something from it.

Don't be frightened of failure. It makes you stronger if you learn from your mistakes.

Well, the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success and, if you're not willing to confront failure, you can never find out how good you are.

As I said there is nothing wrong with failing. Pick yourself up and try it again. You never are going to know how good you really are until you go out and face failure.

Failure's a marker of success in its own right because you went out and tried something... If you really don't want to fail, go find a comfortable chair and stay there. Just don't go out and do anything.

We Don't always succeed in what we try, certainly not by the world's standards, but I think you'll find it's the willingness to keep trying that matters most.

We try, and we try, and we fail; and then we go deeper.

The more failure you can accept, the greater your chance of success.

You learn as much from failure as from success, Dad always says. Though no one admires you for it.