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

If Liberia has failed then it is no evidence of the failure of the Negro in government. It is merely evidence of the failure of slavery.

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself I have failed three times and what happens when he says I am a failure.

The great question is not whether you have failed but whether you are content with failure.

We failed but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

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.

My great concern is not whether you have failed but whether you are content with your failure.

I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy.

To pursue a so-called Third Way is foolish. We had our experience with this in the 1960s when we looked for a socialism with a human face. It did not work and we must be explicit that we are not aiming for a more efficient version of a system that has failed.

Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved?