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

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid 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.

Whether in success or in failure, I am proud of every single movie I have ever directed.

Failure has gone to his head.

Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of an entire sensibility.

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.

Man sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it is a failure.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

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

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

I love Rauschenberg. I love that he created a turning point in visual history, that he redefined the idea of beauty, that he combined painting, sculpture, photography, and everyday life with such gall, and that he was interested in, as he put it, the ability to conceive failure as progress.

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.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

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

Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.

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

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.