The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure. B. C. Forbes failurelevelman Change image and share on social
Having written both comedy and drama, comedy's harder because the fear of failure's so much stronger. When you write a scene and you see it cut together, and it doesn't make you laugh, it hurts in a way that failed drama doesn't. Failed drama, it's all, 'That's not that compelling,' but failed comedy just lays there. Rob Thomas comedycompelcut share on social
In fiction workshops, we tend to focus on matters of verisimilitude largely because such issues are so much easier to talk about than the failure of imagination. Tim O'Brien easyfailurefiction Change image and share on social
The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs; it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition, and optimism about the future. We must rally them now to bold departures that rebuild our national morale as well as our material prosperity. Mitch Daniels ambitionamericanbegin share on social
Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable. Michael Morpurgo admitcleansefailure Change image and share on social
I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure. Ron Perlman awareexceptionfailure Change image and share on social
Failure is essential. Trial and error is necessary. David Bergen erroressentialfailure Change image and share on social
I feel like every time I take on a movie, it's important that the possibility of failure exists, and of the unknown, because it's a challenge to do something I haven't done before and something I have to try to work out. Marc Forster challengeexistfailure share on social
So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity; if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse. John Drinkwater announcecapacityexhaust share on social
In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is the first thing to be dropped. Fear is a mental deficiency susceptible of correction, if taken in hand before it gains an ascendency over us. Fear comes with the thought of failure. Douglas Fairbanks ascendencycorrectiondeficiency share on social