Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not.
It surely is far better to be disliked by somebody you don't love than by somebody you do. Even so, I mind. Even so, failing to love somebody is a failure.
Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.
All my successes have been built on my failures.
You become what you think about most. When you continually focus on the fear of failure, failure will become real for you. Look instead at the possibilities. Look at what could happen if only you would attempt it. Sure, it might not succeed completely. Yet even then you will learn something.
I thank God that I live in a country where dreams can come true, where failure sometimes is the first step to success and where success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities should be.
If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being.
Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.
People never confess to failure. They should.
I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.
Failure is nothing but the kiss of Jesus.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?
I have never worked for fame or praise, and shall not feel their loss as I otherwise would. I have never for a moment lost sight of the humble life I was born to, its small environments, and the consequently little right I had to expect much of myself, and shall have the less to censure, or upbraid myself with for the failures I must see myself make.
Failure should be our teacher.
Bacon is so good by itself that to put it in any other food is an admission of failure. You're basically saying, 'I can't make this other food taste good, so I'll throw in bacon. '
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule- it is a failure to treat God as God.
At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren't where you want to be, you will always be a failure.
It is not in the least likely that any life has ever been lived which was not a failure in the secret judgment of the person who lived it.
There is no failure except the failure of trying.