Fear of failure has always been my best motivator.

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success it's part of success.

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.

There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men kindness and generosity openness honesty understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest sharpness greed acquisitiveness meanness egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.

You always pass failure on your way to success.

Failure is always an option.

A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.

I feel responsible that everyone has a really wonderful experience and to do the best work possible and to always know my lines and to always be on time and to bring a level to the show in terms of quality that other people will follow.

I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience.

I will perform My Heart Will Go On for the rest of my life and it will always remain a very emotional experience for me.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue but more frequently of her experience.

I've never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy... I've always had friends and loved ones and everything so it wasn't like 'Oh man I gotta fill some void that was left by high school.' I had a great high-school experience.

There are a lot of things that make up a performance a lot of technical things. It isn't always just about pulling it up from the darkest recesses of your mind or your heart. It's your experience and your observation.

I've always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal.

When you're a soul singer I'm singing a lot of songs about love and relationships that I think a lot of girls really relate to. For whatever reason that seems to get 'em excited. The DJ everyone always says the DJ gets all the chicks but that's never been my experience.

I think most artists will experience a lot of negative people on Twitter but thank God I've got so many followers that I'm not able to see them that much. I'll see some from time to time but for the most part I always focus on something good.

But in the back of my mind I've always looked to the biggest-scale Hollywood movies. Because to me the most satisfying experience is of watching a movie if it's done really well. And so that aspiration is always it for me if I have the opportunity to do it.

My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on I carried that strong message: 'You can do it.' So I never had any doubt that women can do a lot.

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer.

It's always good to get a smaller tournament under your belt so that by the time you get to the Slams you have a lot of experience.

Stories have always been the things that entertain me and make me feel happy and sad and move me and give me the experience of being able to live many lives in one lifetime. It's the best thing about being alive.

It's always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence I have to say.