Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time try to fail better.

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.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense every man can be a king and must therefore be treated like a king.

If you're not failing every now and again it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be and how dangerous it is to trust them.

Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing you're not growing.

Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience.

Scotland is my country the nation that shaped me that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me a community whose failings drive me - drive my overwhelming desire to fight for social justice and equality.