The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

Only when we admit to our failures and recognize our weaknesses can we rise above them.

Failure is impossible.

Failure is Impossible

I'm super laid back. I'm from Texas. I love my family.

I think we would be dead and gone if we were just mostly failing.

Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult.

I MUST go to what desperately frightens me - the chance of failure.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing.

Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young." - Cara

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

Let the losers worry about losin.

If we don't acknowledge and accept where we are failing, then we'll never do the work that it takes to make it right for US.

The right thing at the wrong time will lead to failure.

Translation is the art of failure.

Sentimentality is a failure of feeling. p.903

A man isn't tiny or giant enough to defeat anything

But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer.

“In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself.”

“If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure.”

“Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.”

“One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.”

“You may be a failure at the moment – but you’re a very fine failure, Darrell! You’re a lot better than some people who think they’re a success.”