They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
Fidel Castro

Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.
Knute Rockne

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.
Morihei Ueshiba

Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as time-released success.
Robert Orben

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
Benjamin Disraeli

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
William James

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.
William James

The only risk of failure is promotion.
Scott Adams

Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
Scott Adams

War remains the decisive human failure.
John Kenneth Galbraith

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
George Eliot

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
George Eliot

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
George Eliot

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.
George Eliot

Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of material and supplies?
Chester W. Nimitz

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.
Charles Horton Cooley

There is no failure except in no longer trying.
Elbert Hubbard

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
Elbert Hubbard

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
Elbert Hubbard

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
Elbert Hubbard