John C. Maxwell Quotes

You're going to fail. It's how you respond to that failure that kind of defines you as a person, as an athlete.

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

It's important to celebrate your failures as much as your successes. If you celebrate your failures really well, and if you get to the motto and say, 'Wow, I failed, I tried, I was wrong, I learned something,' then you realize you have no fear, and when your fear goes away, you can move the world.

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure - they can be turned into wisdom.

The sooner you accept the fact that you will have both successes and failures, the easier it will be to get your business and personal life headed in the right direction.

Don't be frightened of failure. It makes you stronger if you learn from your mistakes.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

Well, the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success and, if you're not willing to confront failure, you can never find out how good you are.

You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure.

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

The content of your character will come from how you respond to your failures.

There is a huge difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up. True success comes from failing repeatedly and as quickly as possible, before your cash or your willpower runs out.

I'm OK with failing. You've got to fail in life in order to get better. I'm going to be fine.

This game is obviously about failure. You're going to fail most of the time. It's how you handle it.

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

Failure's a marker of success in its own right because you went out and tried something... If you really don't want to fail, go find a comfortable chair and stay there. Just don't go out and do anything.

Perfectionist is sometimes the wrong word... It means like you're never satisfied, or you're upset by every single failure - any type of failure. And so for me, I don't look at failure as necessarily a bad thing as long as I'm able to learn from it and take something from it, so that next time I'm in that situation I know how to succeed.

There are no failures in life: only learning opportunities.

There's no way that you can live an adequate life without making many mistakes.

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

Success is a poor teacher. We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don't be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You cannot have success without failure.

What I want is to be willing to fail rather than stagnate.

I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it

Successful people...focus on the rewards of success: learning from their mistakes and thinking about how they can improve themselves and their situations.

I would be a winner because I was a loser! That's right. I dream of failure every night of my life, and that's my secret. To makeit in this rat race you have to dream of failing every day. I mean, that is reality.