154 Movie Quotes about Failure (+ Sound Clips) - page 15

Updated: Feb 20, 2026

Memorable quotes about failure, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

141 I failed as a husband, and I failed as a father. Could you ever forgive me? Please?

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Howard Langston in Jingle All the Way (1996)

142 Okay, now, girls I want you to concentrate. Failure is not an option.

Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie Darko in Donnie Darko

143 I am sorry that you have failed.

Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie Darko in Donnie Darko

144 It's reading a quadruple failure. That can't happen. It's got to be instrumentation.

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in Apollo 13

145 I don't know, maybe this is a caution and warning failure.

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in Apollo 13

146 Slow down. An electrical failure. What exactly does that mean?

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in Apollo 13

147 All right, now you know what I want. Then, get on with it. Don't you dare fail. Understand? -Yes.

Quote from Shaolin Kung Fu Master (1978)

148 But if you fail, you'll die!

Kuan Tai Chen as Hung Hsi-Kuan in Executioners From Shaolin (1977)

149 Since you have repeatedly failed to clean up this matter despite numerous warnings from me which I was in no way obligated to show...

Harold Lloyd as Harold Diddlebock in The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

150 There's nothing in this world as strong as a good idea. Never has failed, never will fail. It cannot fail.

Harold Lloyd as Harold Diddlebock in The Sin of Harold Diddlebock