{"id":17703,"date":"2019-01-04T13:35:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T13:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnews.hult.edu\/?p=17703"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:06:36","slug":"top-5-failure-quotes-whos-ready-to-fail-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/top-5-failure-quotes-whos-ready-to-fail-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 failure quotes: Who\u2019s ready to fail in 2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we enter a new year<\/strong>, the Internet is flooded with tips on how to reach your goals. How to succeed! We’re bringing you our top 5 failure quotes to remind everybody that while success might feel good in the short term\u2014 it\u2019s failure that will really get you places.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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From the moment we are born we are told that if we work hard, make good choices, and learn from our mistakes \u2013 we will win at life. Anyone with some life experience knows this to be a fallacy.<\/p>\n

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You will fail. Not once, not twice, but always.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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You will make mistakes<\/strong>, often the same ones, over and over again. You will fail.<\/strong> Not once, not twice, but always. You will fail at relationships, you will fail at parenting, and you will fail in your career.<\/p>\n

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The relentless marketing of happiness<\/strong> would have us believe that ultimate fulfillment is just around the corner and that if we\u2019re not happy<\/strong>, we\u2019re doing something wrong<\/strong>. It\u2019s time we saw this narrative for what it is: fiction. Failure and misery are as much a part of the human condition as success and happiness.<\/p>\n

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Life is a kaleidoscope of joy and pain<\/strong>, a constant orbit of light and dark<\/strong>. It is not an endless rosy monotone of contentment. And it is not, as Disney<\/strong> and some business schools like to make out, a brief struggle through hardship into happy-ever-after.<\/p>\n

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So if continuous failure is inevitable, what is the point in striving for success?<\/h2>\n

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In a word: growth. Personal growth. To know that with each failure, you grow taller in confidence<\/strong>, deeper in understanding<\/strong>, and broader in knowledge<\/strong>. To be able to say: \u201cToday, I have failed. But tomorrow, I will wake up a bigger, better person.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“You don\u2019t get to the learning without the failure.”<\/p>\n

– Beth Comstock, former GE Vice Chair<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It is this growth mindset<\/strong> that distinguishes great employees from average ones and leaders that go down in history<\/strong> from those that fade into obscurity. This is the mindset that students learn at Hult.<\/p>\n

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Through constant real-world business challenges \u2013design a prototype, pitch your idea, resolve that conflict \u2013 stepping outside their comfort zone becomes second nature to Hult students. Each challenge provides multiple opportunities to fail,<\/strong> to learn, to grow. To fail in safety and with guidance from professors who have themselves faced and overcome many challenges in the world of business.<\/p>\n

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“Celebrate failure.”<\/p>\n

– Muhtar Kent, Chair and CEO, Coca-Cola<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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However small in confidence or experience a student is when they enter Hult, their continuous exposure to challenges, to failure, and to growth means they emerge with the mindset of giants.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It is no coincidence then that so many of Hult\u2019s alumni go on to become entrepreneurs<\/u>. There is no other profession where you will encounter quite so many setbacks and where courage and resilience<\/strong> are needed in such large quantities.<\/p>\n

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As we enter 2019 and prepare for another year of glorious failure<\/strong>, here are our top five quotes from Hult alumni, guest speakers, and faculty on the value of failure and overcoming adversity.<\/p>\n

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Top 5 failure quotes:<\/h2>\n

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1. Arianna Huffington, speaking at Hult Boston<\/u><\/a>:<\/h3>\n

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\u201cFailure is the stepping stone to success.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Listen to Arianna Huffington’s speech at Hult Boston<\/strong><\/p>\n

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