You want to ensure people can do it right 99 percent of time. When we have to fire one of our surgical trainees, it is never because they don't have the physical skills but because they don't have the moral skills - to practise and admit failure. Atul Gawande admitensurefailure share on social
Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure. Arsene Wenger creativedevelopencourage Change image and share on social
When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam couragefacefailure share on social
When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more. Laura Fraser backdeathfailure Change image and share on social
During my sojourn in ironclad atheism, the primary arsenal leveled against Christianity had been its failure on empirical grounds. Surely, enlightened reason offered a more coherent cosmos. Surely, Occam's razor cut the faithful free from blind faith. There is no proof of God; therefore, it is unreasonable to believe in God. Paul Kalanithi arsenalatheismblind share on social
If I didn't have children, I think my life would be a failure. Yann Martel childfailurelife Change image and share on social
African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans. Xavier Becerra africanamericancomprise share on social
Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered. Lee H. Hamilton administeraidamerican Change image and share on social
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. Oscar Wilde ambitionfailurerefuge Change image and share on social
Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure. Errol Flynn 000failureleave Change image and share on social