“I don't call that a failure, a real failure is when a man talks for an hour and says nothing.”
To Henry Howard, who had resolved never to attempt public speaking again after breaking down in attempting to speak in a church meeting. Reported in Dictionary of Australian Biography http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogHi-Hu.html#howard2|accessdate=2009-09-27.
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Australian clergyman 1831–1880Related quotes
“I don't believe in failure. It's not failure if you enjoy the process.”
In an interview about his biography - "Untold Story Of A Mystery Prophet TB Joshua" https://www.modernghana.com/news/210061/untold-story-of-a-mystery-prophet-tb-joshua.html Modern Ghana (April 6 2009)
“Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure.”
Source: Assassin's Apprentice
“When there is no penalty for failure, failures proliferate.”
“Opinion: Biden’s Afghanistan policy shows the world a wobbly, impulsive U.S.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/27/bidens-afghanistan-policy-shows-world-wobbly-impulsive-us/ The Washington Post, (Aug. 27, 2021)
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“A network nurtures small failures in order that large failures don't happen as often.”
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995)
Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 121
