William Whewell Quotes

Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error.

What people call success is only preparation for the next failure.

I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it

Failure is an indispensable prerequisite of success. It is how you learn the lessons you need.

99 percent of success is built on failure.

If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.

Mistakes are the stepping stones to success.

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).

Recognize that there will be failures, and acknowledge that there will be obstacles. But you will learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others, for there is very little learning in success.

No man or woman is uniformly successful... we must all expect a rather high percentage of failure in the things we attempt.

Success comes and goes. Your flops stay with you for life.

Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again.

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

You must expect failure after failure after failure before you succeed.

The nature of process, to one degree or another, involves failure. You have at it. It doesn’t work. You keep pushing. It gets better. But it’s not good. It gets worse. You got at it again. Then you desperately stab at it, believing “this isn’t going to work.” And it does!

Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.

Great success is built on failure, frustration, even catastrophe.

Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don't look back at it too long. Mistakes are life's way of teaching you. Your capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from your capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all, and your failures, when they happen, are just part of your growth. Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.

It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did not work; yet we have lights today.

Every time you quit, someone else gets your prize. Every time you make a mistake, you get closer to yours.

There’s a tendency for young people to get discouraged and frustrated easily. But don’t be afraid to fail. In many ways, we learn so much more from our failures than our successes. Remind yourself that failure is nothing more than a means to a greater end. Bide your time, learn from your mistakes, and lead by example. If you believe in what you’re doing, it will show.

I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work.

Failing can provide invaluable lessons and making mistakes and experiencing setbacks is part of the DNA of every successful entrepreneur.

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

I fail sometimes, I succeed sometimes, so that's fair enough. It's a package deal. It comes with that package: failures and success.