Learning starts with failure the first failure is the beginning of education. – John Hersey
Its a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense. – John Hersey
All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten oclock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle. – John Hersey
I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in failure, simply because you had to be prepared to go through an idea without any fear. Failure, you learned, as I did in art school, to be a wonderful thing. It allowed you to get up in the morning and take the pillow off your head. – Malcolm Mclaren