May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery.

Quote by Patrick M S Blackett

Topics: Failure Quotes, Scientists Quotes

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

Success and failure are greatly overrated. But failure gives you a whole lot more to...

Success and failure are greatly overrated. But failure gives you a whole lot more to...

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome...

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome...

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is...

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is...

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal...

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal...

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all...

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all...

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...

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...

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and...

When you subsidise poverty and failure, you get more of both

When you subsidise poverty and failure, you get more of both

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed...

It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed...

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as...

There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as...

A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers...

A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers...