Quotes about Failure

If we who have the Holy Spirit living and working within us falter and fail, what hope is there for the rest of the world?

Ruth once wrote, "Dear Journal, Never let a single day pass without saying an encouraging word to each child . . .'More people fail for lack of encouragement,' someone wrote, 'than for any other reason.

Charles Allen once made this statement: "Some people seem to have such a passion for righteousness that they have no room left for compassion for those who have failed".

Man is a moral failure. Our only hope is GOD.

All the nations that make up the world are burdened down with riches or poverty, obesity or malnutrition, success or failure.

Tragic as it is when a child fails to develop physically or mentally, even more tragic is a Christian who fails to develop spiritually.

Success stories may be great motivational material for sales seminars, but we are not always successful.

Man persists in waywardness. If one institution fails [he says], try another—anything but God's plan.

Repent when you fail, and immediately seek God's forgiveness and restoration. Sin breaks our fellowship with God.

Feelings of guilt will never motivate anyone to spend more time with God; in actuality, they will discourage you and make you feel like a failure. Guilt has the potential to totally snuff out whatever small flame there presently might be.

People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failure; they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong.

I'm not denying that depression can be spiritually induced. Guilt from having wronged and hurt others can bring it on. A sense of having failed to live out the will of God can give rise to depression. Certainly the fear of death and what might follow can sap the joy out of life.