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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

Not failure, but low aim is sin.

Quotes by Benjamin E. Mays

The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living...

Quotes by Benjamin E. Mays

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again.

Quotes by Ben Stiller

The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure.

Quotes by Ben Okri

The worst time was 1983. Love and life and everything went wrong. I reached absolute rock bottom. I saw the Minotaur at the bottom of the abyss. I learnt of the harshness of the world and its impartiality to human...

Quotes by Ben Okri

In policy arena after policy arena, Democrats respond to every failure of clunky government by proposing the addition of still more layers to 1960s-era bureaucracies as they break down.

Quotes by Ben Sasse

Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will.

Quotes by Ben Shapiro

Primarily affecting low-information voters and members of the mainstream media, Obama Worship Syndrome attributes impossible capabilities to Obama's political opponents, finds excuses for every Obama failure in everyone around him and praises the president as the finest politician - nay,...

Quotes by Ben Shapiro

The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment, promise generous pension plans to keep people...

Quotes by Ben Shapiro

I think that a lot of the most talented and driven people, they're not super deterred by failure. So if you put out a really big challenge, I think they get reality excited by that - they say, 'Hey, why...

Quotes by Ben Silbermann

I don't want my children to feel the same sense of failure I did growing up because they're not good at passing tests.

Quotes by Ben Fogle

It's okay to fail 'cause there's no failure, you're just informing the richness of your experience, and that's - that's the greatest gift you can possibly give yourself.

Quotes by Ben Foster

Given the extent of the exposures of major banks around the world to A.I.G., and in light of the extreme fragility of the system, there was a significant risk that A.I.G.'s failure could have sparked a global banking panic.

Quotes by Ben Bernanke

In the future, financial firms of any type whose failure would pose a systemic risk must accept especially close regulatory scrutiny of their risk-taking.

Quotes by Ben Bernanke

The failure of Lehman Brothers demonstrated that liquidity provision by the Federal Reserve would not be sufficient to stop the crisis; substantial fiscal resources were necessary.

Quotes by Ben Bernanke

With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don't learn, then it's an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you're able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success.

Quotes by Ben Carson

I lived with this tremendous fear of failure because my father was a playwright and a director, and I think he did a couple of things as a child as an actor as well, and he... he failed, basically.

Quotes by Ben Affleck

You always want to try, in everything you do, to attempt something you've never tried before, and the only way to succeed at that is through failure, and the only way to succeed through failure is just banging your head...

Quotes by Beau Willimon

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of failure do these quotes describe?
They range from a legal conviction over a paperwork failure, to failure as a normal part of the TV business, to failure framed as unacceptable in a high-stakes situation, to a specific reference to a major intelligence failure. For more perspective on setbacks, see our Life quotes.
Is there a quote about a legal conviction?
Yes — it states, "I was convicted of three misdemeanors of willful failure to file a form." Facing consequences like this often ties into our Fear quotes as well.
Does one quote talk about failure being common in the entertainment industry?
Yes. It notes that "In a world where failure is commonplace, we midwifed the birth of both 'Friends' and 'ER'."
Is there a quote about failure not being an option?
Yes — it says plainly, "In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option." If you want quotes with an even stronger sense of resolve, check out our More collection.
Does one quote mention a major intelligence failure?
Yes, it describes "an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States." For more personal takes on facing setbacks, see our Me quotes.

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