Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship. Trisha Yearwood
America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to. Larry Elder
We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure. Whoopi Goldberg
There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failure that people project when something disappoints. You're back to ground zero, where there's no expectations, and that's where I like to be. Kevin Smith
The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to be, and how to process the failure of my marriage. Ethan Hawke
I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched. Jonah Hill
I was convicted of three misdemeanors of willful failure to file a form. Wesley Snipes
He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure. James Lane Allen
People in the business will stay with you through drugs and alcohol and divorces and insanity and everything else, but you have a failure, pal, and they don't want to know nothing about you! Don Johnson
If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being. Jerry Falwell
War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation. Oriana Fallaci
The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world. Karl Liebknecht
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure. Edsger Dijkstra
Attempt something so impossible that unless God is in it, it's doomed to failure. John Haggai
In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach. Andy Murray
I don't think there's any way it could have failed. We don't know failure in this band. We didn't know failure. We got to know it a little after awhile but at that time there was no such word. Roger Daltrey
When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks. Naveen Jain
Unwillingness to risk failure is always there, but it gets harder when you feel you have more to lose. Demi Moore
Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable. Michael Morpurgo