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
Someone once pulled me aside and said it was all right to succeed, and I realised that I knew what failure felt like, but I didn't know what success felt like. I've carried that with me ever since. Nick Frost carryfailurefelt Change image and share on social
It's failure, really, that you grow by, although nobody likes to experience it. Nick Nolte experiencefailuregrow Change image and share on social
I would replace most foreign aid with a tax credit for businesses to invest. I think U.S. bureaucrats giving foreign bureaucrats money is a guaranteed failure. And we've had about 50 years' experience at failing with foreign aid. Newt Gingrich aidbureaucratbusiness share on social
Mistakes are the portals of discovery. James Joyce discoverymistakeportal Change image and share on social
I'm bound to fail when I write in Italian, but unlike my sense of failure in the past, this doesn't torment or grieve me. Jhumpa Lahiri bindfailfailure Change image and share on social
I think our failure in the production of good town churches of distinctive character must have struck you often, as it has me, when contrasted with our comparative success in country churches. George Edmund Street characterchurchcomparative Change image and share on social
In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things. Harvey Fierstein charactercolorfailure Change image and share on social
Without failure there is no sweetness in success. There's no understanding of it. Glenn Beck failuresuccesssweetness Change image and share on social
One thing I do believe is I'm a believer in the presence of God. I believe that God is close. Whether it's in joy, pain or personal failure, I believe that God is close. That much I feel in my life. David Gregory believerclosefailure Change image and share on social