15 Quotes to help you bounce back from a failure
updated the 6 June 2016 à 12:13
What do Socrates, James Joyce or Winston Churchill have in common? A positive vision of failure. The proof is seen with these inspirational quotes.
A majority of people think that failure is something negative and stigmatising, which can be difficult to overcome, especially in the workplace.
FAILURE GIVES US A CHANCE
However, failure can be a rewarding experience, and even, for many, a must to succeed professionally. Almost all the respondents from an Ipsos survey conducted for the French Ministry of Productive Recovery* (94%), to be exact, and think that we always learn from our failures. Similarly, the majority of respondents (71%) believe that to succeed one’s professional life, you have to take risks even if it occasionally puts you in a situation of failure.
QUOTES TO PONDER OVER
Jean Cocteau, Robert F. Kennedy, Woody Allen, Winston Churchill, Marcel Proust, Socrates, James Joyce… Discover our selection of 15 quotes in the slideshow above to bring a positive outlook on your failures.
*Ipsos, “How to rebound after a professional failure?” (January 2014)
Gregory Provost and Nur Syazana H.
