Debbie Allen Quotes

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

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

If you're having trouble succeeding, fail.

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

99 percent of success is built on failure.

It's in the valley of failure that we sow our seeds of success.

I strongly believe that whenever there's failure or you feel like you've failed, it's only just the beginning, and you can only learn from it.

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 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.

The most successful people in American life are those that have had horrific failures and have come back, done it again and again until they got it right, whether it's Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or Warren Buffet.

A failure isn't a failure if it prepares you for success tomorrow.

All great success is preceded by failure.

Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.

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

Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life's way of preparing you for success.

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.

Failure is a learning experience, and the guy who has never failed has never done anything.

Failure is success training.

Fall forward. Here's what I mean: Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 times in his career - the most in the history of baseball. But you don't hear about the strikeouts. People remember the home runs. Fall forward. Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments. Did you know that? I didn't either - because number 1,001 was the light bulb. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

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

You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the truth that the very seed of success is dormant in every defeat that you experience.

The person who fails the most wins.

Mistakes are the stepping stones to success.

Failures, repeated failures, are sign-posts on the road to achievement. The only time you don't want to fail is the last time you try something (and it works).

A failure is like fertilizer; it stinks to be sure, but it makes things grow faster in the future.