"I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, I'd have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating." - Sara BlakelyTweet
"I have probably purchased fifty 'hot tips' in my career, maybe even more. When I put them all together, I know I am a net loser." - Charles M. SchwabTweet
"The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower." - Audre LordeTweet
"The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best." - George EliotTweet
"Success is never final, but failure can be." - Bill ParcellsTweet
"Americans, who make more of marrying for love than any other people, also break up more of their marriages, but the figure reflects not so much the failure of love as the determination of people not to live without it." - Morton HuntTweet
"Not failure, but low aim, is crime." - James Russell LowellTweet
"So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America." - Barack ObamaTweet
"Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe." - Sumner RedstoneTweet
"There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failure that people project when something disappoints. You're back to ground zero, where there's no expectations, and that's where I like to be." - Kevin SmithTweet