# Quotes About Failure

The best quotes about failure: famous words from history's greatest minds to inspire you, free to read, copy, and share.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas Edison
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Oscar Wilde
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Theodore Roosevelt
I was never afraid of failure, for I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
John Keats
Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
Edgar Allan Poe
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas Edison

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## Frequently asked questions

### What are the best quotes about Failure?

This page collects the most famous quotes about failure from history's greatest thinkers, writers, and leaders, including Thomas Edison, Oscar Wilde, Theodore Roosevelt. Each quote is shown with its author.

### Are these quotes about failure accurate?

We only publish widely cited quotes with their commonly accepted attributions, and we deliberately leave out famous misattributions. Some quotes are shown in their standard English translations, for example lines from the Tao Te Ching or Meditations.

### Can I copy and share these quotes about failure?

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