Failure means a stripping away of the inessential. J. K. Rowling failureinessentialmean Change image and share on social
I lived with this tremendous fear of failure because my father was a playwright and a director, and I think he did a couple of things as a child as an actor as well, and he... he failed, basically. Ben Affleck actorbasicallychild Change image and share on social
If you look at great human civilizations, from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, you will see that most do not fail simply due to external threats but because of internal weakness, corruption, or a failure to manifest the values and ideals they espouse. Cory Booker civilizationcorruptiondue share on social
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 awhilebandfail Change image and share on social
I always write about subjects which attract me because if I didn't, it would be awful, a failure. Ruth Rendell attractawfulfailure Change image and share on social
We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing. Robert E. Lee apparentblessfail Change image and share on social
Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination. Henry Knox civilfailurehorror Change image and share on social
I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice - in giving a failure another chance. James Cash Penney chancefailuregive Change image and share on social
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel Smiles discoverdiscoveryfailure Change image and share on social
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. Rudyard Kipling excusefailureforty Change image and share on social
