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Failure is impossible.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Well, I think that there is a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you are likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it is part of success.

Without failure there is no sweetness in success. There is no understanding of it.

But I look at failure as education. In that respect, I am so well-educated.

There is no such thing as darkness only a failure to see.

To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it.

The failure of the White House and Congress to seriously address the nation's fiscal situation is certain to broaden the belief among many voters that the U.S. political system is broken.

Failure's a natural part of life.

I mean, I love L.A. - I love living here. But I wish that we could make things without the need to hit a home run every single time. It is a unique thing to Hollywood that if you do not do that every time, then you are considered a failure. But it is like, Well, are you making movies to be successful? Or are you making movies to learn something?'

I mean, I love L.A. - I love living here. But I wish that we could make things without the need to hit a home run every single time. It is a unique thing to Hollywood that if you do not do that every time, then you are considered a failure.

The exposed nature of life in the public square affects leaders attitudes toward risk - and failure.

As long as the G.O.P., led by its increasingly visible women, continues to insist that the problem is not their policies but women is failure to understand their own lives and interests, the gender gap won't go away.

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

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.

The only failure is not to try.

I am sure not afraid of success and I have learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing I am afraid of now is of being someone I do not like much.

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way, it is about answering to yourself.

With everything that is complex, we learn. If you do not learn, then it is an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you are able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success.