It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.

Quote by Lillian Hellman

Topics: Failure Quotes, Fate Quotes, Integrity Quotes, Mistakes Quotes

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about...

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about...

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in...

We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in...

People change and forget to tell each other.

People change and forget to tell each other.

The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each...

The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each...

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a...

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a...

Failure is not an option.

Failure is not an option.

There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.

There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at...

Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at...

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want...

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want...

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in...

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and...

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret...

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret...

Society may predict, but only I can determine my destiny.

Society may predict, but only I can determine my destiny.

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.