#fail

There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

#backward #case #certainly #countries #crop

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#aim high #alone #behave #best #capable

I was never afraid of failure after that because, I think, coming that close to death you get kissed. With the years, the actual experience of course fades, but the flavor of it doesn't. I just had a real sense of what choice do I have but to live fully? ↗

— Debra Winger

#actual experience #afraid #after #because #choice

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be. ↗

— John Wooden

#failure #fatal #might

Fear of failure has always been my best motivator. ↗

— Douglas Wood

#been #best #failure #fear #motivator

After Lockerbie, everyone thought, now we've learned the lesson of how to be proactive instead of being reactive. Unfortunately, September 11 came and we know the result. Thousands of people lost their lives. Security totally failed, not at one airport, at three different airports around the country. ↗

— Isaac Yeffet

#airport #around #being #came #country

You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#convince #failure #finality #hopeless #me

As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure. ↗

— Jason Giambi

#failure #fear #kind #play #player

Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't, we hadn't - and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger, and if it wasn't it would be some kind of failure. ↗

— Roland Gift

#company #even #failure #feeling #had

We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure. ↗

— Whoopi Goldberg

#born #failure #failures #only #others