It is a socialist idea that making profits is a vice; I consider the real vice is making losses.
Winston ChurchillRead
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Success is the ability to remain positive and motivated despite experiencing failures.
This quote by Winston Churchill emphasizes the importance of maintaining enthusiasm and perseverance in the face of setbacks. It suggests that true success lies not in avoiding failure, but in how one responds to it, encouraging a resilient attitude that embraces failures as stepping stones toward ultimate achievement.
Themes
SuccessFailureEnthusiasmPerseveranceMotivation
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech to inspire young entrepreneurs.
More from Winston Churchill
All quotes βThe United States is like a gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lit under it, there's no limit to the power it can generate.
Winston ChurchillRead
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
Winston ChurchillRead
I will not pretend that if I had to choose between communism and Nazism I would choose communism.
Winston ChurchillRead
Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.
Winston ChurchillRead
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.
Winston ChurchillRead
Similar quotes
Showing a profit means touching something and leaving it better than you found it.
Jim RohnRead
The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks
Andrew CarnegieRead
I'm proud of everything that I've accomplished since I was a little boy. That was my dream - to be a ballplayer. I didn't dream to win so many Gold Gloves, or Silver Bats or play in All-Star Games or World Series. I was just dreaming to play the game.
Roberto AlomarRead
I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you're in trouble. It's like wanting to be married - you'll take anybody. If you want the Oscar really badly, it becomes a naked desire and ambition. It becomes very unattractive.
Bill MurrayRead
I don't want people to think I'm not happy when we win - I am. But there's a difference between being happy for the feeling of accomplishing something and being overjoyed and feeling, 'This is it - we conquered the world.' We didn't. We just won a game.
Nick SabanRead
Someone is out there looking to put you out of business. Someone is out there who thinks they have a better idea than you have. A better solution than you have. A better or more efficient product than you have.
Mark CubanRead