“Look, you didn't fail me. Because you can't fail at the impossible."

-Zsadist to Phury”

“You didn't fail. You just opted out. There's a difference.”

Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.”

Joanne K. Rowling (1965) British novelist, author of the Harry Potter series

“Unless you're not pushing yourself, you're not living to the fullest. You can't be afraid to fail, but unless you fail, you haven't pushed hard enough.”

Dean Karnazes (1962) American distance runner

“But there's an enormous difference between an audience that's watching you because they can't wait to see what comes next and an audience that's watching you because they're waiting for you to fail.”

Jodi Picoult book Sing You Home

“Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

“If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.”

Harvey Mackay (1932) American businessman and journalist

“If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.”

Peter Urs Bender

“Act as if it were impossible to fail.”

Dorothea Brande (1893–1948) American writer and editor

“They said I was going to fail because of difficulty. They didn't know I am made exactly for that.”

- Goa