Our educational system is not preparing people for the 21st Century. Failure is an essential part of entrepreneurship. If you work hard, you can get an 'A' pretty much guaranteed, but in entrepreneurship, that's not how it works. Eric Ries 21stcenturyeducational share on social
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. Edward Abbey belieffailureimagination Change image and share on social
Tyranny is increasingly unsustainable in this post-cold-war era. It is doomed to failure. But it must be prodded to exit the stage with a whimper - not the bang that extremists long for. Eskinder Nega bangcolddoom Change image and share on social
It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. Eric Hoffer expressionfailureform Change image and share on social
We are feeble, weak and impoverished because of our failure to pray. God is restrained in doing because we are restrained by reason of our non-praying. All failures in securing heaven are traceable to lack of prayer or misdirected petition. Edward McKendree Bounds failurefeeblegod share on social
One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. John W. Gardner failurelearnpeople Change image and share on social
Beside every great success are the seeds of enormous failure. In every failure, there's the opportunity seeds of great success. They're not miles apart. So if they're that close together, and if you're really working, you're always gonna have that likelihood that something's not going to work. Peter Guber closeenormousfailure share on social
I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with failure. Jeremy Irons constantlyexperiencefailure 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
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. B. F. Skinner circumstancefailuremistake Change image and share on social