I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it.

Every book I've 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.

I think everyone shares a fear of failure - that you're only as good as your most recent collection. That's definitely a fear but it's a fear that fuels me that makes me want to work harder that makes me take on more challenges.

I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure and then if it turns up roses then I'm psyched.

Life is so fresh life is every day so new if we are fighting only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure failure in your endeavor to do your best.

I feel in the end as if everything I've done has been a failure.

With everything that is complex we learn. If you don't learn then it's an utter and abject failure. If you do learn and you're able to apply that to the next situation then you take away a measure of success.

I mean I love L.A. - I love living here. But I wish that we could make things without the need to hit a home run every single time. It's a unique thing to Hollywood that if you don't do that every time then you're considered a failure.

I mean I love L.A. - I love living here. But I wish that we could make things without the need to hit a home run every single time. It's a unique thing to Hollywood that if you don't do that every time then you're considered a failure. But it's like 'Well are you making movies to be successful? Or are you making movies to learn something?'

I have a tendency to sabotage relationships I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success fear of failure fear of being afraid. Useless good-for-nothing thoughts.

I cannot give you the formula for success but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

Whether in success or in failure I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.

We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

Every adversity every failure and every heartache carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

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.

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment repeated every day.

My reputation grows with every failure.

I don't know the key to success but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

For every failure there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock take a detour.

Every failure is a step to success.

Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense every man can be a king and must therefore be treated like a king.