Whitney Wolfe Herd Quotes

Risk and failure is a part of our equation, and if you are seeing too little failure, you are actually probably not taking enough risks.

My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result of a lifetime spent visualizing defeat and figuring out how to prevent it. Like most astronauts, I'm pretty sure that I can deal with what life throws at me because I've thought about what to do if things go wrong, as well as right. That's the power of negative thinking.

We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

Failure is your invention.

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

You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure.

The biggest lessons I learned were probably the times where I had the biggest setbacks and the biggest challenges - when I had the biggest jumps forward and lessons learned.

Try not to say, 'I'm a failure.' Instead, ask, 'What can I do better? What did I do wrong?' Then re-approach.

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.

Failure is an amazing data point that tells you which direction not to go.

Most people are afraid of failure. I love failure because it tells me where to go next.

We are all failures – at least, all the best of us are.

I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a little effort, every failure can be turned into something good.

You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you're supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win.

Don't be afraid to fail. For the love of God, don't be afraid to fail, because you're going to fail. So try to fail as hard as you can is what I would say, because you're always going to get up and you're going to learn something from it.

You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.

When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.