There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.
Max Beerbohm

Failure is impossible.
Susan B. Anthony

Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying.
Ron Dellums

Don't come home a failure.
Ty Cobb

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
Jimmy Carter

Failure is unfortunately as common as success.
Sanjay Kumar

My life has been nothing but a failure.
Claude Monet

With failure, you just try again.
Judd Nelson

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
Mason Cooley

It really is impossible not to like him. His success was his failure.
Arthur C. Danto

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
B. F. Skinner

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
Mike Murdock

It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.
Bryan Ferry

Failure is a word that I simply don't accept.
John H. Johnson

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.
Doug Coupland

The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
B. C. Forbes

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.
Doug Coupland

Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.
Doug Coupland

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.
Doug Coupland

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.
Doug Coupland