The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council. Boutros Boutros-Ghali aggressivecouncilfailure Change image and share on social
My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.' Dana Fox bigfailureglad Change image and share on social
No matter how well things are going, failure and disaster are just around the corner. So celebrate the good, but be ready for the bad. Vivek Wadhwa badcelebratecorner Change image and share on social
It's your own fear of failure that stops you from doing things. Anupam Kher failurefearstop Change image and share on social
I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure. Alan Rickman courtdesiredirection Change image and share on social
If you can't send your daughter to school when you know it will help her, you feel a sense of failure, and you feel that failure deeply. Ann Cotton daughterdeeplyfailure Change image and share on social
So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman. Allen Tate automobilefailurefictitious share on social
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. Ambrose Bierce againsarmbear share on social
I didn't want to get divorced, but at the point where your children are part of it, you have to do something. I would really love it not to have happened because it haunts you, it will never go away, and it is probably the biggest failure, and I have to live with that. Amanda Harlech bigchilddivorce share on social
No one suggested Lehman deserved to be saved. But the argument has been made that the crisis might have been less severe if it had been saved, because Lehman's failure created remarkable uncertainty in the market as investors became confused about the role of the government and whether it was picking winners and losers. Andrew Ross Sorkin argumentconfusecreate share on social