Our educational system is not preparing people for the 21st Century. Failure is an essential part of entrepreneurship. If you work hard, you can get an A pretty much guaranteed, but in entrepreneurship, thats not how it works. – Eric Ries
None of us is guaranteed against failure or corruption of any kind witness whats going on in the world in this moment, the follies of human nature and the failures of human nature. – Morris West
Schools dont really allow failure and yet its a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing. – Roddy Doyle
My Brat Pack buddies and I didnt exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure. – Judd Nelson
Sadness is a super important thing not to be ashamed about but to include in our lives. One of the bigger problems with sadness or depression is theres so much shame around it. If you have it youre a failure. You are felt as being very unattractive. – Mike Mills
But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you wont fear that failure. – Cliff Richard
When youre fearless, you take more risks because youre less conscious of failure or what can go wrong. – Brett Ratner
Success is not forever and failure isnt fatal. – Don Shula
I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I dont see a box-office failure blamed on men. – Ellen Page
I think everyone shares a fear of failure – that youre only as good as your most recent collection. Thats definitely a fear, but its a fear that fuels me, that makes me want to work harder, that makes me take on more challenges. – Alexander Wang
The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who youve got playing the leads. – Steven Moffat
In Gods 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. – Frederick William Robertson
If I didnt have children, I think my life would be a failure. – Yann Martel
Every book Ive 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. – Yann Martel
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: whats the worst that can happen? – Michael Fassbender
Im living life as best I can – but Im not exempt from failure and making bad choices. – LeAnn Rimes
I think Ive failed every test Ive ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it. – Lisa Marie Presley
Its not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of. – Bryan Ferry
Its how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. – Charlotte Whitton
This is true enough, but success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you cant be happy as a success, its very unlikely that you would find a deeper, truer happiness in failure. – Michael Korda
