Quotes about Failure, page 2

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor...

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. about failure

A failure will not appear till a unit has passed final inspection.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

A hardware failure will cause system software to crash, and the customer engineer will blame the programmer.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

The probability of a hardware failure disappearing is inversely proportional to the distance between the computer and the customer engineer.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

A failure in a device will never appear until it has passed final inspection.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

Failure is not an option, it's included with the software.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

If someone says he will do something without fail, he won't.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

Success is a matter of luck, just ask any failure.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

Success occurs when no one is looking, failure occurs when the “General” is watching.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

Failure of plan A will directly affect your ability to carry out plan B.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

Success occurs when no one is looking, failure occurs when the Fire Control Officer is watching.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

Success occurs when no one is looking, failure occurs when the Client is watching.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

Success occurs when no one is looking, failure occurs when the Boss is watching.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

You always know it’s time to stop reloading and come to bed when your wife calls out for a DQ for failure to engage.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

The rate of instrument failure/breakdown is inversely proportional to the ease of finding a repairman.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about failure

It must not be forgotten in fairness to the National Government that apartheid is not just a policy of oppression but an attempt in my opinion an attempt doomed to failure to find an alternative to a policy of racial integration which is fair to...

Quote by Harry Oppenheimer about failure

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

Quote by Gordon Parks about failure

In a sense it might even be said that our failure is to form habits: for, after all, habit is relative to a stereotyped world, and meantime it is only the roughness of the eye that makes two persons, things, situations, seem alike.

Quote by Walter Pater about failure

When I got Jacob's Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasn't allowed to fail. I felt that they were waiting for one little failure and that would prove them right and I'd be, out of there.

Quote by Elizabeth Pena about failure

I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice in giving a failure another chance.

Quote by James Cash Penney about failure