"There is no failure except failure to..." - Quote by Henry Ford
There is no failure except failure to serve one's purpose.
More by Henry Ford
“Every business is a monarchy with, not a man, but an idea as king.”
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
“Ideas are of themselves extraordinarily valuable, but an idea is just an idea. Almost anyone can think up an idea. The thing that counts is developing it into a practical product.”
More on Failure
“The solution is to change from the negative to the positive and one way to do that is to remember that failure is an event - it is not a person. Another way is to understand that your child might make a mistake, but the child is not a mistake”
“Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.”
“Men do not fail commonly for want of knowledge, but for want of prudence to give wisdom the preference.”
More on Purpose
“The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance of being infinite.”
“When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?”
“Things don't have to change the world to be important.”