The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.
The very first company I started failed with a great bang. The second one failed a little bit less, but still failed. The third one, you know, proper failed, but it was kind of okay. I recovered quickly. Number four almost didn’t fail. It still didn’t really feel great, but it did okay. Number five was PayPal.
When I started SpaceX I thought that the most likely outcome was failure. And I think to have any other expectation would have been irrational.
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
Failure is success if we learn from it.
Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.
It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder next time.
I’ve never been afraid to fail.