The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.

I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally.

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.

Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.