Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.

Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.

If this fail,
The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,
And earth's base built on stubble.

If this fail,
The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,
And earth's base built on stubble.

A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed--I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to read more

A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed--I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.

Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not read more

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.