You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.

Every failure is a step to success.

None of us is guaranteed against failure or corruption of any kind; witness what's going on in the world in this moment, the follies of human nature and the failures of human nature.

Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.

Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community.

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.

Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further.

This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy.