#lure

Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death. ↗

— Rupert Holmes

#been #bitten #both #butter #cream

A Failure in this Duty did once involve our Nation in all the Horrors of Rebellion and Civil War. ↗

— Charles Inglis

#civil war #did #duty #failure #horrors

Mr. Gonzales' failure to respond to questions legitimately posed to him by the Senate raises grave doubts in my mind as to his fitness to serve the people of the United States as their Attorney General. ↗

— Daniel Inouye

#attorney general #doubts #failure #fitness #general

If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discern whether there are any patterns to our mistakes. ↗

— Robert Greene

#failures #forgetfulness #mistakes #offense #patterns

What we have most to fear is failure of the heart. ↗

— Sonia Johnson

#fear #heart #most

Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it. ↗

— Steve King

#constitutional #constitutional republic #crafted #democracy #failures

Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success. ↗

— Tom Kite

#failure #fear #packages #sometimes #success

Success and failure are greatly overrated. But failure gives you a whole lot more to talk about. ↗

— Hildegard Knef

#failure #gives #greatly #lot #more

I am not writing this book for people below the age of 18, but I see no harm in telling young people to prepare for failure rather than success, since failure is the main thing that is going to happen to them. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#life-lessons #success #age

There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell. ↗

— Sean Lennon

#end #failure #few #good #good stories