Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others. Amelia Earhart
Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure. Gary Ryan Blair
There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house. Eric Hoffer
Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. Roger Babson
I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure. George W. Bush
As I said there is nothing wrong with failing. Pick yourself up and try it again. You never are going to know how good you really are until you go out and face failure. Henry Kravis
I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy. Mason Cooley
The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause. Gustav Mahler
Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure. Do not mistake a child for his symptom. Erik Erikson
It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. Eric Hoffer
Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act. Maxwell Maltz
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote
I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success. Tennessee Williams
But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes. Bodhidharma
It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail. Jimmy Carter
Failure means a stripping away of the inessential. J. K. Rowling
We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world. Charles Kettering
Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as time-released success. Robert Orben
Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you. Doug Coupland