He who refuses to stoop, who cannot be bribed by the promise of success or the fear of failure - who walks the highway of the right, and in disaster stands erect, is the only victor. Robert Green Ingersoll bribedisastererect Change image and share on social
Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can't be done. Paul Auster adaptcomplexfailure Change image and share on social
Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility. Dale Dauten failurelearnpossibility Change image and share on social
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Henry Ford beginfailureintelligently Change image and share on social
Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if you're up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly. Cory Lidle airenginefailure share on social
I've learned to think in terms of having a long career. Actors can have very long careers that last until the day we die, but there will be moments when you'll feel like you're a failure or when you're disappointed in yourself. Bryce Dallas Howard actorcareerday share on social
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
Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK. Barack Obama barackelecthussein 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
Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it. Mia Hamm dayfailuremake Change image and share on social