Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. Jules Renard failurelazinesspunishment Change image and share on social
Every company needs to have a skunkworks, to try things that have a high probability of failing. You try to minimize failure, but at the same time, if you're not willing to try things that are inherently risky, you're not going to make progress. Nolan Bushnell companyfailfailure share on social
I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen. Kerry. Rodney Alexander africanamericanendorse Change image and share on social
We know there is no such thing as freedom without the risk of failure. Rick Perry failurefreedomrisk Change image and share on social
I like Diaspora because it's audacious, it's driven by passion, and it's very, very hard to do. After all, who in their right mind would set as a goal taking on Facebook? That's sort of like deciding to build a better search engine - very expensive, with a high likelihood of failure. John Battelle audaciousbuilddecide share on social
Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Bernard Baruch blamefailuremistake Change image and share on social
I grew up in a household where I learned five things from my old man. You know what they were? You're no good. You're a failure. You're not going to amount to anything. Don't trust nobody, and don't tell nobody your business. When I lost to Larry Holmes in 1982, I felt all five of those things smacked me right across the face. Gerry Cooney amountbusinessface share on social
I'm full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure. John Banville doubtfailurefull Change image and share on social
I think one of the biggest political failures, and the biggest social failures, over the past few years has been the failure of empathy; not being able to look at the other person down the street. Colum McCann bigempathyfailure Change image and share on social
The vast majority of large scale change efforts fail. Which means that the probability that you have actually experienced a failure, and your people know that and are pessimistic, therefore, about trying something again, is very high. John P. Kotter changeeffortexperience share on social