failure Quotes

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God's way of moving you in another direction.

I had become so accustomed to succeeding that I no longer even remembered what it was like to fail.

I don't think 'Guts' could get financed as a movie.

Going back to the moon is not visionary in restoring space leadership for America. Like its Apollo predecessor, it will prove to be a dead end littered with broken spacecraft, broken dreams and broken policies.

I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations.

The much-hyped Ares 1-X was much ado about nothing.

Us reaching the moon convinced Gorbachev and other leaders that the Soviet Union couldn't compete with the U.S., so they revised their agenda. But people have short memories.