We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak whatever that means or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want.

If I didn't have children I think my life would be a failure.

In God's world for those who are in earnest there is no failure. No work truly done no word earnestly spoken no sacrifice freely made was ever made in vain.

The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.

When an action is once done it is right or wrong for ever no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that.

Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost.

I think everyone shares a fear of failure - that you're only as good as your most recent collection. That's definitely a fear but it's a fear that fuels me that makes me want to work harder that makes me take on more challenges.

How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.

As efforts to fix this failure at the Veterans Administration continue I also intend to persist in demanding answers and action on the establishment of a new clinic to serve the veterans in North Central Washington.