Best Quotes on Failure You always pass failure on your way to success. - Mickey Rooney When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves. - Katherine Mansfield When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. - Napoleon Hill What would you do if you knew you could not fail? - Robert H. Schuller There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient. - Swami Sivananda The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. - Sven Goran Eriksson Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach. - Roger Von Oech Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - Con