Tom Robbins Quotes

I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.

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.

We Don't always succeed in what we try, certainly not by the world's standards, but I think you'll find it's the willingness to keep trying that matters most.

There can be no freedom without freedom to fail.

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

In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.

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

Failure either ruins you, or turns you into the man you can become.

99 percent of success is built on failure.

In our culture, we grow up thinking that failure is a terrible thing, that it's a setback, or worse, the end. Often it turns out to be the beginning of something better.

Success is always an easier motivator, because you want more of it. But I've also been motivated by failure. Had I medaled in London, I don't think I would be one of the few that have gone to a Summer and Winter. I would have been content with that medal. Instead, I used that failure to go to the Winter Olympics. I always tell people that failure can be one of your biggest motivators if you just have an attitude adjustment about it.

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

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."

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker

You can't succeed unless you've got failure, especially creatively.

There's no disgrace in failing, lad, Though friends and foes deride; In fact, a failure's not so bad As never having tried.

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.

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.

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

Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.

If you're having trouble succeeding, fail.

Failure isn't fatal unless you let it be.

The more failure you can accept, the greater your chance of success.

You learn nothing form your successes except to think too much of yourself. It is from failure that all growth comes, provided you can recognize it, admit it, learn from it, rise above it, and then try again.