I've probably earned the right to screw up a few times. I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about. Emma Watson careearnfailure Change image and share on social
One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them. Thomas Sowell commondangerousdishonorable Change image and share on social
People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure. Lao Tzu affairbegincareful Change image and share on social
Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be. John Wooden changefailurefatal Change image and share on social
The paradox is that when we model future designs on past successes, we are inviting failure down the line; when we take into account past failures and anticipate potential new ways in which failure can occur, we are more likely to produce successful designs. Henry Petroski accountanticipatedesign share on social
Failure is central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation. Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail. Henry Petroski breakcalculationcentral Change image and share on social
Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure. Henry Petroski achieveavoidengineer Change image and share on social
Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as time-released success. Robert Orben failurereleasesuccess Change image and share on social
I met Ashley two weeks before I married him. It was a joke-the most ridiculous thing I've ever done. Once I was married, I didn't want to be a failure, so I stuck it out for six months, which was about six months too long. Shannen Doherty ashleyfailurehave share on social
Ignorance is the failure to discriminate between the permanent and the impermanent, the pure and the impure, bliss and suffering, the Self and the non-Self. Patanjali blissdiscriminatefailure Change image and share on social