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.

Quote by Roger Von Oech

Topics: Failure Quotes

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea...

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea...

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of...

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of...

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

If you don't execute your ideas, they die.

If you don't execute your ideas, they die.

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to...

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to...

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If...

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind...

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind...

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of...

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of...

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else...

Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else...

There is a close relationship between the ha-ha of humor and the aha! of discovery.

There is a close relationship between the ha-ha of humor and the aha! of discovery.

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of...

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of...

Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out...

Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out...

I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In...

I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In...

When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is...

When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is...

From the ages of 8-18, me and my family moved around a lot. Mostly we...

From the ages of 8-18, me and my family moved around a lot. Mostly we...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.