Attempting Quote by Arthur Machen

His air of failure had nothing desperate about it; rather, it seemed to stem from an unresented realisation that he was not cut out…

— Julian Barnes

If he did not succeed, he at least failed in a glorious undertaking.

— Ovid

The failure wishes he could do things he could never do. He thinks little of what he can do.

— Mark Cane

He tried the luxury of doing good.

— George Crabbe

I couldn't stand the thought of not succeeding; failure was more than I could deal with.

— Everett McGill

The unwillingness to try is worse than any failure.

— Nikki Giovanni

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

— Brandon Sanderson

Failure is the test of greatness.

— Herman Melville

It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.…

— Herman Melville

“In the pursuit of great we failed to do good.”

— Viktor The Machine Herald

“The pain of failure had led me to understand that technical excellence was a moral requirement. Good intentions were not enough,”

— Paul Kalanithi

“I would rather be a spectacular failure than a mediocre success.”

— Kuo Pao Kun