The TED Fellowship exposed me to a set of youngsters who had wilder ideas than I did – and almost all of them were pursuing their wild and crazy ideas without fear of failure. – Shaffi Mather
My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn’t have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don’t be afraid to fail. – Sara Blakely
We’re born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure. – Whoopi Goldberg
Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. – Thomas A. Edison
My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It’s about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world. – Wynonna Judd
Failure’s inevitable. It happens all the time in a complex economy. And how did the economy produce all these amazing things that we have around us, computers and cell phones and so on? Well, the process was trial and error. There were a bunch of ideas, and the good ones grew and prospered, and the bad ones were pretty ruthlessly weeded out. – Tim Harford
I think failure is nothing more than life’s way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way, it is about answering to yourself. – Sara Blakely
I think if you look at the failure of journalism in the modern age, then I don’t want to be called a journalist. – Shane Smith
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. – Winston Churchill
When I was an adolescent in England, at school we had to read ‘Death of a Salesman.’ I remember feeling incredibly moved by the portrayal of these people and the idea with which Miller broached the whole subject of failure or failed systems, or the way that people are crushed by a system in which they find themselves. – Simon McBurney
Every book I’ve written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want. – Yann Martel
My motto is more, ‘If you want to find something new, look for something new!’ There is a certain amount of risk in this attitude, as even the slightest failure tends to be resounding, but you are so happy when you succeed that it is worth taking the risk. – Yves Chauvin
We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States. – Zbigniew Brzezinski
My father believed strongly, and taught me, that you can’t let yourself get too high on a success or too low on a failure. In this volatile business, that’s useful to know. – Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
The rise of China as a new power is another great challenge for the US. Our failure to properly handle Germany and Japan earlier in the 20th century cost us and the world dearly. We must not make this same mistake with China. – Steve Forbes
While ‘The Owner’s Manual’ is not a formula for guaranteed success by any means, we’re confident it will help reduce the failure rate of most startups that use our Customer Development process. – Steve Blank
One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us. – Tammy Bruce
If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative. – Woody Allen
Top-up fees mean that universities are increasingly under pressure to confer degrees upon students, who perceive the degree as a commodity they’ve purchased. Failure doesn’t enter into anyone’s calculations. – Sarah Churchwell
African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans. – Xavier Becerra
But all actors go through the process, it’s hit and miss, you have achievement and failure. – Thomas Haden Church
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. – Steve Jobs
In fiction workshops, we tend to focus on matters of verisimilitude largely because such issues are so much easier to talk about than the failure of imagination. – Tim O’Brien
You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that’s where you’ll find success – on the far side of failure. – Thomas J. Watson
