Subject: Problems » Failure (Page 4)

I led the league in “Go get ‘em next time.”

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor
Baseball Failure Sports

Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Communication Failure Misspokements Speech Success

Office machines that function perfectly during normal business hours will break down when you return at night to use them for personal business.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Failure

Failure has gone to his head.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter
Characteristics Failure Insults Problems

Everything breaks down.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author
Failure Success

He's a man who was a failure until he was 40 years old, which looks really good on your resume – if you're a comic.

(1948 – ) stand-up comedian, actor, author & playwright
Failure Problems

I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man’s failures.

(1891 – 1974) 14th U.S. Chief Justice & politician
Failure Problems Sports

The degree of failure is in direct proportion to the effort expended and to the need for success.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

Success doesn’t teach as many lessons as failure does.


Failure Success

Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Characteristics Failure Success

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents’ shortcomings.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
Failure Family

No experiment is ever a complete failure – it can always serve as a negative example.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)
Characteristics Failure Intelligence Mistakes People

The shortest distance between two points is a downward spiral.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems