Fred Brooks Quotes

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.

Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.

You need to learn what people have done, but you need to learn where they have failed... Usually when they fail it is in the execution.

Recognize that there will be failures, and acknowledge that there will be obstacles. But you will learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others, for there is very little learning in success.

I have had unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success.

We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.

You learn more from the flops than from the hits.

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.

It's not about the failure, it's about learning from the failures. Failure itself cannot be celebrated.

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

I find quite as much material for a lecture in those points wherein I have failed, as in those wherein I have been moderately successful.

Failure is an indispensable prerequisite of success. It is how you learn the lessons you need.

People learn from failure or from lack of success.

You learn from the mistakes you make and from the mistakes other people make. The truth is, you don't learn from success; you learn from failure.

It's too bad failures don't give seminars. Wouldn't that be valuable? If you meet a guy who has messed up his life for forty years, you've just got to say, 'John, if I bring my journal and promise to take good notes, would you spend a day with me?'

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.

I have had some great successes and great failures. I think every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them.

I've learnt something from every failure. The products I helped design at the first two companies I worked for were utter failures. But now I know why.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.

Failures are infinitely more instructive than successes.

We learn from failure, not from success!

Whenever you have a failure or setback, you need to take a step back and find out what you can learn from the scenario. What did you do to contribute to that failure? This way, you can make sure you don't repeat that pattern.

My life is full of way more mistakes than successes.

Be honest about how you approach failure. Don't just be critical of yourself, because that can be self-serving. Approach it honestly, assess your performance, and assess the areas where you have fallen short. Correct them and move on. Don't dwell on it. Don't hold on to it.