One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path. Kevin Powers expectationfailurefear Change image and share on social
Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that. The Titanic saved lives because we're building bigger and bigger ships. So these people died, but we have effectively improved the safety of the system, and nothing failed in vain. Nassim Nicholas Taleb airlinebigbuild share on social
People think when you have a, quote, 'bank failure,' that that is the end of the bank. And it isn't necessarily. Michele Bachmann bankendfailure Change image and share on social
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Bill Cosby desirefailurefear Change image and share on social
If you get into a Broadway show and it doesn't work, you're a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesn't sound great to me! Betty White broadwayfailuregreat Change image and share on social
Try not to say, 'I'm a failure.' Instead, ask, 'What can I do better? What did I do wrong?' Then re-approach. Jillian Michaels approachfailurewrong Change image and share on social
Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk. Brennan Manning exposurefailurepotential Change image and share on social
I am living on the razor's edge between success and failure, adulation and humiliation - between justifying my existence and revealing my unworthiness to be alive. Scott Stossel adulationaliveedge Change image and share on social
You shouldn't be afraid of failure - when something fails, you think, 'What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time.' Then kill that project and move on to the next. Don't get disappointed. Niklas Zennstrom afraiddisappointexperience share on social
It's very important to learn quick lessons from your failures, very important to recognize symptoms of failure pretty early, and it is very, very important to not to be attached too much to the idea - you have to know when to give up an idea. N. R. Narayana Murthy attachearlyfailure share on social