An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.

Quote by Charles F Kettering

Topics: Failure Quotes

If a fellow wants to be a nobody in the business world, let him neglect...

If a fellow wants to be a nobody in the business world, let him neglect...

The future can be anything we want it to be, providing we have the faith...

The future can be anything we want it to be, providing we have the faith...

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his...

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his...

Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the...

Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the...

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of...

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of...

It is easy to build a philosophy - it doesn't have to run

It is easy to build a philosophy - it doesn't have to run

We have a lot of people revolutionizing the world because they've never had to present...

We have a lot of people revolutionizing the world because they've never had to present...

People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor...

People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor...

I think that the greatest education in the world is the education which helps one...

I think that the greatest education in the world is the education which helps one...

My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of...

My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of...

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in...

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in...

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your...

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your...

You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.

You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.

There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about...

There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about...

The only difference between intelligence and education is this: intelligence will make you a good...

The only difference between intelligence and education is this: intelligence will make you a good...

If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on...

If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on...

Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the...

Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must...

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must...