It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. There has been no failure on our part in this regard considering how far they have gone. Edmond H. Fischer
Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the fall of Enron. He was the man at the controls. But failure is not a crime. Michael Ramsey
I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure. Michael Malone
Success and failure are greatly overrated. But failure gives you a whole lot more to talk about. Hildegard Knef
Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life. Michael Savage
It really is impossible not to like him. His success was his failure. Arthur C. Danto
Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure. Edward Eggleston
Failure is not fatal victory is not success. Tony Richardson
There's only one thing that can guarantee our failure, and that's if we quit. Craig Breedlove
The Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West, so was my information inadequate to help them to victory, or did it play no particular role in their failure to achieve victory? Aldrich Ames
The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins. Heywood Broun
There are five things which no one is able to accomplish in this world: first, to cease growing old when he is growing old; second, to cease being sick; third, to cease dying; fourth, to deny dissolution when there is dissolution; fifth, to deny non-being. Buddha
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows. Farrar
A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost. Ferdinand Foch
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. Oscar Wilde