John N. Bahcall Quotes

Setbacks are just learning experiences.

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

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

What the world calls failure, I call learning.

We must learn from misfortune the means of future strength.

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

I strongly believe that whenever there's failure or you feel like you've failed, it's only just the beginning, and you can only learn from it.

I was lucky in that I had a mother that was full of this colloquial wisdom and she used to say to me 'You know, failure is not the opposite of success, it's the stepping stone to success. There is nobody who has not failed along the way.' So I think its very important for young women, especially as they are starting in life, to recognize that because otherwise, they only see people's success. So, when I speak, I speak of my failures.

Every time you fail, you learn more.

The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose.

She thinks, I failed twice. If I failed twice I'm going to fail forever. No! That is not the law of life. If you failed twice that means you can learn. It's just a learning experience. It's an obstacle. An imaginary obstacle. She made it real. She made failing a journey of life... Instead do again and make a journey of your life.

Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way.

If you're having trouble succeeding, fail.

I had a mother who taught me there is no such thing as failure. It is just a temporary postponement of success.

What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off.

When you win a lot, you don't learn much. With my ups and downs, it's a lot of learning.

Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

Unfortunately, it is human nature for us to only learn and grow from a place of emptiness. It's hard to learn when we are winning and on top of the world.

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

The biggest lessons I learned were probably the times where I had the biggest setbacks and the biggest challenges - when I had the biggest jumps forward and lessons learned.

You can always learn when you lose.