“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.”

“If you can’t have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.”

“The only failure is not to try”

“Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life is: could have, might have, and should have.”

“I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.”

“The only true failure is the failure of not trying.”

“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.”