“There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great fart of rage which smokes up all the inner windows of the soul.”
Source: fear of flying
“Failure is a signpost on the trail to success”
Source: HARMONIZING: Keys to Living in the Song of Life
“Plans are design to fail.”
Source: The Exiles
“I expected differences among children in how they coped with the difficulty, but I saw something I never expected.
Confronted with the hard puzzles, one then-year-old boy pulled up his chair, rubbed his hands together, smacked his lips, and cried out, :I love a challenge!".
I never though anyone loved failure.
Not only weren't they discouraged by failure, they didn't even think they were failing. They though they were learning.”
Source: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
“When I was last in Paris I was dirt poor, hiding from the Vietnam War. One night, in an old church, I considered taking my life. I didn't know how to be so young and not belong anywhere, stuck among so many perplexing melodies.”
Source: Failure
“We deserve love partners who make us fall on the floor, all because we're weak at the knees, laughing our stomachs off with delight.”
“That he had no scruples; for, said he, when I fail in my duty, I readily acknowledge it, saying, I am used to do so: I shall never do otherwise, if I am left to myself. If I fail not, then I give GOD thanks, acknowledging that it comes from Him.”
Source: The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims
“To overlook those years (muddled, complicated times) is to fall into the trap of only celebrating success. We can learn as much, if not more, from failure, from promising paths that turn into dead ends. The vision, understanding, patience, and wisdom that informed Steve's last decade were forged in the trials of these intervening years. The failures, stinging reversals, miscommunications, bad judgment calls, emphases on wrong values-the whole Pandora's box of immaturity- were necessary prerequisites to the clarity, moderation, reflection, and steadiness he would display in later years.”
Source: Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
“Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward towards success.”
“Think how wonderful it might be to no longer matter, Mrs. Peregrine. Think how wonderful it might be to no longer worry, struggle… or fail.”
Source: Peregrine Island: A Novel