Ernest Shackleton Quotes

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure.

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

The price of success is much lower than the price of failure.

The only failure is not trying.

Either attempt it not, or succeed.

The margin between success and drama is fractional.

What strikes me is that there's a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.

I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.

The only difference between 'try' and 'triumph' is varying degrees of 'umph'

Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.

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

Few things are impossible in themselves: application to make them succeed fails us more often than the means.

Failure is where success likes to hide in plain sight.

Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.

God grants victory to perseverance.

Success is the process of not accepting failure.

A lot can be done, but not everyone immediately succeeds in everything.

We've proved a lot of people wrong so far but the job is not finished yet and if we come home from Istanbul empty handed then it would be a disaster.

If you try you may fail, if you don't try you're guaranteed to fail.

The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner.

I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor. The chances are perhaps more in favour of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the fight are at my disposal.

Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive.

You'll never know how close you are to victory if you give up.

The difference between those that succeed and those that fail is, those that succeeded tried.

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.