Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote condimentfailureflavor Change image and share on social
Believe it or not, Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good. Tullian Tchividjian badchristianitycope Change image and share on social
If the whole process of learning from failure means discarding stuff that's not working, but in fact, our natural reaction is to keep going, to throw more money behind it, to throw more emotional energy behind it... that's a real problem. Tim Harford discardemotionalenergy share on social
Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly to manage diversity within their borders. Mo Ibrahim africabordercontext Change image and share on social
A street full of electric light is a sign of civic failure and is an insulting injury to the soul. Shutting out the night is as disastrous as shutting out the light. Michael Leunig civicdisastrouselectric Change image and share on social
But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer. Robert E. Howard earnfailuregrandfather share on social
Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line. Richard Branson backbusinessdivide share on social
Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success. Kenneth L. Pike failuremanifestoutward Change image and share on social
People never confess to failure. They should. Mo Ibrahim confessfailurepeople Change image and share on social
My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down. Jerry Rice blackethicfailure Change image and share on social
