Skip to quotes
Glory Quotes

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

George EliotAuthor · British · 1819 – 1880
More from George Eliot
Resilience Quotes
#Failure
All Inspirational Motivational Love Life Friendship Funny Happiness Success Wisdom Family Hope All topics

Related quotes

  • Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. — Benjamin Disraeli
  • A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. — Elbert Hubbard
  • The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. — Napoleon Hill
  • That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise. — George Eliot
  • Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. — George Eliot
  • The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. — George Eliot
Photographers Privacy Terms Pixabay (opens in a new tab)
A Gojo Digital website · © 2026