The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency -- the belief that the here and now is all there is.
The fear of failure is a liability.
There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.
Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afrai...
I think if you look at the failure of journalism in the modern age, then I don't want to be called a journalist.
You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give...
If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone.
Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.
My greatest sense of accomplishment has come from having two amazing sons, but it's also a paradox in that the times when I felt like the biggest failure have been times when I felt like, as a parent, I wasn't making the right decisions or succeeding...
That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly.
Boys with a 'failure to launch' are invisible to most girls. With poor social skills, the boys feel anger at their fear of being rejected and self-loathing at their inability to compete.
Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.
No expectations mean there is no risk of disappointment.
If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.
Testosterone poisoning can be fatal, Braveheart." (Delaney to Rowan)
Don't ruin a good story with the facts.
The failure of the nation lies in the failure of its citizens.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
