Ridley Scott Quotes

Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.

You learn as much from failure as from success, Dad always says. Though no one admires you for it.

I've experienced tons of failure. I've been making music for 30 years, and I'd say failure and success have happened in equal measure.

Failure is so much more interesting because you learn from it. That's what we should be teaching children at school, that being successful the first time, there's nothing in it. There's no interest, you learn nothing actually.

One way to learn to do something right is to do something wrong. Failure must teach us, or surely success will not reward us.

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

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.

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

Success is made of 99% failure.

There is a vast difference between failure and temporary defeat.

Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. Some mountains are higher than others. Some roads steeper than the next. There are hardships and setbacks but you cannot let them stop you. Even on the steepest road you must not turn back.

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

If at first you don't succeed-try, try again. Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as timed-release success.

Mistakes come from doing, but so does success.

Failure is not the absence of success. Failure is the neglect of trying.

The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment.

The more you fail, the more you succeed. It is only when everything is lost and - instead of giving up - you go on, that you experience the momentary prospect of some slight progress. Suddenly you have the feeling - be it an illusion or not - that something new has opened up.

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.

Success is never ending, failure is never final.

Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.

It's not OK to fail. It's that things can fail and absolutely will go wrong - just keep trying, keep trying, keep trying.

For me, failure is not a bad thing because it teaches you how to succeed.

I've experienced a lot of successes. I've experienced a lot of failures. I've been able to get back up on my feet and keep going.

'Fail hard, fail fast, fail often. It's the key to success.' This one I learned from experience!

If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.