#failure

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#discovery #failure #finding #learn #made

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#expectations #failure #fear #future #great

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#culmination #failure #success #success is #usually

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#end #excuse #failure #itself #need

The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#again #cable #career #failure #guy

That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It must go somewhere. ↗

— Sting

#emote #failure #go #i #know

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#any #anyone #credit #done #failure

Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#engineer #failure #most #performed #results

Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

#assessments #awareness #capabilities #city #clear

The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#area #areas #christianity #especially #even