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Scott Adams is not only a world-famous cartoonist, he's also a world-class failure. And he's the first to admit it. In his new book, 'How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big,' the Dilbert creator explains how failure...

Quotes by Mark Frauenfelder

To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce.

Quotes by Mark Edwards

I had my dreams, and even though everyone told me that they weren't practical, I knew in my heart that this is what I had to do. Even if it ended up being a failure, I had to make the...

Quotes by Marjorie Liu

Lead yourself whenever your boss' leadership deteriorates. When your boss doesn't praise what you do, praise yourself. When your boss doesn't make you big, make yourself big. Remember, if you have done your best, failure does not count.

Quotes by Mario Teguh

Everyone understands the European Union is a failure. It has not kept any of its promises - in particular about prosperity, security - and, worst of all, has put us under a guardianship.

Quotes by Marine Le Pen

Success can be destructive to the creative process. I say it all the time: success is as dangerous as total failure.

Quotes by Marilyn Minter

Radical common sense is the wisdom gleaned from the past that recognizes the perishable opportunities of the moment. It is the willingness to admit error and the refusal to be deterred by failure.

Quotes by Marilyn Ferguson

I don't know if it's a failure of imagination on my part, but I'm not going to be writing about Paris in the 1800s. I feel like it would come off as just ludicrously uninformed, even if I did a...

Quotes by Maria Semple

Nothing fails like failure.

Quotes by Margaret Drabble

Nothing succeeds, they say, like success. And certainly nothing fails like failure.

Quotes by Margaret Drabble

I feel like every time I take on a movie, it's important that the possibility of failure exists, and of the unknown, because it's a challenge to do something I haven't done before and something I have to try to...

Quotes by Marc Forster

I don’t live my life based on fear of failure. I live my life with an understanding of failure and I’m embracing it, because every time I fail, I learn something new.

Quotes by Mandy Harvey

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

Quotes by Malcolm X

Failure is success if we learn from it.

Quotes by Malcolm Forbes

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...

Quotes by Malcolm Mclaren

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

Quotes by Malcolm Muggeridge

The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.

Quotes by Major Taylor

Yes, 'Aagadu' was a failure. I was dejected for a couple of months, since there was a lot at stake.

Quotes by Mahesh Babu

To err is human, but it feels divine.

Mae West

As is well known, 'McCarthyism' was an alleged focus of political evil in the 1950s: Accusations of Communist taint, without factual basis; bogus lists of supposed Communists who never existed; failure in the end to produce even one provable Communist...

Quotes by M. Stanton Evans

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of failure do these quotes describe?
They range from a legal conviction over a paperwork failure, to failure as a normal part of the TV business, to failure framed as unacceptable in a high-stakes situation, to a specific reference to a major intelligence failure. For more perspective on setbacks, see our Life quotes.
Is there a quote about a legal conviction?
Yes — it states, "I was convicted of three misdemeanors of willful failure to file a form." Facing consequences like this often ties into our Fear quotes as well.
Does one quote talk about failure being common in the entertainment industry?
Yes. It notes that "In a world where failure is commonplace, we midwifed the birth of both 'Friends' and 'ER'."
Is there a quote about failure not being an option?
Yes — it says plainly, "In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option." If you want quotes with an even stronger sense of resolve, check out our More collection.
Does one quote mention a major intelligence failure?
Yes, it describes "an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States." For more personal takes on facing setbacks, see our Me quotes.

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