By the time I was a young man, I lived with two deep struggles: I longed to become a cricketer, and I performed miserably in school. Cricket and tennis were all that I lived for. In India, this was a formula for failure. Ravi Zacharias cricketcricketerdeep share on social
If 50 percent of your career is not filled with failure, you're not really successful. John Larroquette careerfailurefill Change image and share on social
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments. Henry Ward Beecher disappointmentgreatsuccess Change image and share on social
Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement. Florence Scovel Shinn accomplishmentachievementapparent Change image and share on social
Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others. Davy Crockett failurefaultheaven Change image and share on social
It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. Roger Babson failurefinalmind Change image and share on social
Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution. P. J. O'Rourke adamfactfailure Change image and share on social
A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself. Gertrude Stein endexcusefailure Change image and share on social
Lacking the direct test of success or failure, the voter tends to turn, not to those politicians whose measures have the best chance of success, but to those with the ability to 'sell' their propaganda. Without grasping logical chains of deduction, the average voter will never be able to discover the error that the ruler makes. Murray Rothbard abilityaveragechain share on social
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success. Dorothea Brande actbreakcommand share on social