The failure of women to produce genius of the first rank in most of the supreme forms of human effort has been used to block the way of all women of talent and ambition for intellectual achievement. Anna Garlin Spencer achievementambitionblock Change image and share on social
Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life's negative moments. Alain Ducasse acceptbuildenrich Change image and share on social
Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others. Amelia Earhart awarechallengefail Change image and share on social
I was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as I'm trying my best. So I've had a 'blood, guts and glory' approach through my whole life. Ali Larter approachbloodbring Change image and share on social
The failure of Lehman may have allowed the government to do more to prop up the economy than it otherwise could. Andrew Ross Sorkin alloweconomyfailure Change image and share on social
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. George Bernard Shaw failureobserveten Change image and share on social
Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't, we hadn't - and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger, and if it wasn't it would be some kind of failure. Roland Gift bigcompanyfailure Change image and share on social
I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, but all the rest has been rather a muddle and a disappointment. Compared to Doctor Who, it has been an outrageous failure really - it's so boring. Tom Baker borecomparedisappointment share on social
If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless. Robert H. Schuller existfailuremeaningless Change image and share on social
Lincoln made mistakes. Roosevelt made mistakes. Eisenhower made mistakes. The Battle of the Bulge was the biggest intelligence failure in American military history, much bigger than any in Vietnam or now. We didn't know that the Soviets were moving 400,000 or 500,000 troops. We missed it. Rudy Giuliani 000americanbattle share on social