J. K. Rowling Quotes

99 percent of success is built on failure.

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

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

If you're having trouble succeeding, fail.

The most successful people in American life are those that have had horrific failures and have come back, done it again and again until they got it right, whether it's Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or Warren Buffet.

All great success is preceded by failure.

It is so important for me to try, and having tried I look back on failure and success as if it were all the same.

But what if I fail? You will. A better question might be, ‘after I fail, what then?’ If you’ve chosen well, after you fail you will be one step closer to succeeding, you will be wiser and stronger and you almost certainly will be more respected by all of those that are afraid to try.

Often, you'll fail. But, as my mother also taught me, failure isn't the opposite of success - it's a stepping stone to success.

People ask me, "How do I succeed?" Whatever it is they do, I say, "Go and find 20 ways of messing it up. By 21, you'll be getting there." Life is an adventure, go back with cuts, scars and bruises.

Failure: Is it a limitation? Bad timing? It's a lot of things. It's something you can't be afraid of, because you'll stop growing. The next step beyond failure could be your biggest success in life.

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.

Failure is a learning experience, and the guy who has never failed has never done anything.

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

Fall forward. Here's what I mean: Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 times in his career - the most in the history of baseball. But you don't hear about the strikeouts. People remember the home runs. Fall forward. Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments. Did you know that? I didn't either - because number 1,001 was the light bulb. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

Successful people fail often, and, worth noting, learn more from that failure than everyone else.

You cannot succeed if at some point you haven't failed.

Failure is not to be feared. It is from failure that most growth comes.

It's in the valley of failure that we sow our seeds of success.

If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.

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

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).

Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward.

Rejection is a gift and failure is the best educator, so when someone knocks you down, get back up!

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."