Allen Neuharth Quotes

Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success, and in some ways it's better to have failure at the beginning of your career, or your life.

You're going to fail. It's how you respond to that failure that kind of defines you as a person, as an athlete.

There are no failures in life: only learning opportunities.

It doesn't matter if I don't succeed in something, what matters is that I learn from my mistakes.

Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.

When you are having a rough day... you think you are failing. But failure is a part of life. It's about building character and growing.

I can understand failure: I've failed loads of times in my life; it's not a problem. I've never feared it, because it's a part of life.

There's a Theodore Roosevelt speech about the importance of being in the arena, whether you fail or you succeed, or you make a complete idiot of yourself, as long as you're doing the best with what you have, using whatever knowledge you have to bring to the table at that moment. And you continue to keep learning. I think my mistakes have made me much stronger. It's nice to know that things don't ultimately break you; that you need to go there to know.

I'm not sure I'd go back and do anything over in my life. I've definitely had my fair share of failures and moments where I wasted my time or that of other people, but if I did those moments over, I'd have missed out on so many lessons.

It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

But I look at failure as education. In that respect, I am so well-educated.

Every person gets negative things, they learn from those negative things, and you become a positive person.

Failure and things of this sort - you can take it one of two ways. You can either let that hurt you and really affect the way that you live your life in the future, or you can use that as an opportunity for growth.

It's failure, really, that you grow by, although nobody likes to experience it.

Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life's negative moments.

I think in some ways you learn more from the things you don't like than the things you do.

Life experience is what defines our character, even if it means getting your heart broken or being lied to. You know, you need the downs to appreciate the ups. Going on the adventure or taking that risk is important.

Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.

I know those challenges that come up from time to time in life are our little learning tools, our little steppingstones. If we didn't have those things in our life, how would we learn anything? We would just be walking around like nothing. We need those obstacles in our life because I know one thing - I'm a much better person for them.

Everyone should get sacked at least once. It forces you to look at yourself... It is important to have setbacks, because that is the reality of life. Perfection doesn't exist.

I think the personal stories that I tell in my life, I think, sort of do add up to say that you can fail and fail and fail again and continue to move forward.

I do believe in the old saying, 'What does not kill you makes you stronger.' Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

It's okay to make mistakes as long as you learn from them.

I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, but I think that's normal for someone who wants to grow and develop. You will have to overcome plenty of obstacles, and it is normal that you should stumble sometimes.