“Failure is only the opportunity to…” — Henry Ford

Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again. There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail.

— Henry Ford (1863–1947), My Life and Work (1922), pp. 19–20. Quoted in Samuel Crowther, "Henry Ford's Problem," The Magazine of Business, vol. 52 (1927), p. 182

Courage and overcoming setbacks

What it means

Failure is a chance to start again with more knowledge. The real disgrace is being too afraid of failure to try.

About the author

Henry Ford — American business magnate (1863–1947).

Source and verification

Source: My Life and Work (1922), pp. 19–20. Quoted in Samuel Crowther, "Henry Ford's Problem," The Magazine of Business, vol. 52 (1927), p. 182
Reference: Henry Ford on Wikiquote
Checked: Wording and source taken from the sourced section of the author’s Wikiquote page, which cites the work given here (accessed 2026-10-11).
Copyright: Public domain: the author died in 1947.

The explanation above is ToDoMatriX’s own reading of the quote, not the author’s words.

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