My Chinese name is Man Shing which means ‘ten thousand success.’ It’s a name that’s sure to set me up for failure.
Failure’s a marker of success in its own right because you went out and tried something… If you really don’t want to fail, go find a comfortable chair and stay there. Just don’t go out and do anything.
A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
Without failure there is no achievement.
We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.
You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will – undoubtedly – fail. My way of getting past the sting is to say no, I’m just not going to let this get me down.
If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it’s a failure.
I’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‘OK, I’m done.’ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.
Life is like a circle and you have to know when to move on. Success and failure are a part and parcel of it.
I believe in never giving up, no matter what the odds. My mantra is, ‘Failure is temporary. Giving up is permanent.’
I’ve had a lot of success; I’ve had failures, so I learn from the failure.
The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure.
The dumb-manager theory of business problems just didn’t hold water for me. There had to be a deeper reason why smart people would make decisions that lead to failure.
Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying.
The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality.
Honesty is about the scars. It’s about the blemishes. But it’s more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego. It’s about truly helping people.
Success is not forever and failure isn’t fatal.
Failure doesn’t kill you… it increases your desire to make something happen.
Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America’s global enemies sense a failure of will.
The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency – the belief that the here and now is all there is.
The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan.
At first I wasn’t sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.
If I’ve got a message to the younger generation, it’s this: don’t be scared of failure. Get out there, try things, and never be afraid to ask for help.
