Ben Carson Quotes

As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I learned more from my failures than from all of my successes put together - failures as an athlete and as a person.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

I'm constantly trying to make myself better, to learn more. I didn't finish college, so I feel like I'm always having to prove myself. I don't want to feel like the smallest person in the room.

Education brings a sense of confidence and self-worth to yourself.

People learn from failure or from lack of success.

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others 'you failed,' you didn't fail.

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.

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.

But I look at failure as education. In that respect, I am so well-educated.

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.

At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person because of my failures and disgraces.

I gain a lot of confidence through study.

I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn't make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.

All of us, in a sense, struggle continuously all the time, because we never get what we want. The important thing which I've really learned is how do you not give up, because you never succeed in the first attempt.

I have been shaped by my mistakes and disappointments - just as I have been shaped by my successes.

A failure doesn't mean you are unworthy, nor does it preclude success on the next try.

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

I think I've got a bit more to offer than just dancing. It might just be me that thinks that, but it's worth saying.

Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you've got something to share.

I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures.

If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.'