Failure Quote by John Steinbeck

“It had not occurred to him that he might win this fight. Winning a fight, in his mind, is associated with some sort of…

— Nick Harkaway

“They all laughed and clapped, taking it for a deliberate witticism, while he had no idea what he was saying, so great was his…

— Boris Pasternak

“Without any effort of his will, or power to restrain himself, he shrieked aloud; an outcry that went pealing through the night, and was…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Victory or defeat are largely out of my control, but putting up a good fight… putting up the kind of fight that makes the…

— Daniele Bolelli

“He listened to his words fall as if from the mouth of another, and watched his father’s face, which received those words as a…

— John Williams

“He held his ground like a sweet gum stump trying hard to live in a spirit of love and action, not anger and reaction”

— Timothy B. Tyson

“As I remember his laugh, there was nothing mad about it, it was more like the laugh of someone who has been the victim…

— Guy Sajer

“He laughed in exultation as he came upon the house, the rush of his full power better than any human drug, the joy of…

— D.B. Reynolds

“I believe that you will never know victory because you already assume you have it. And that, my son, will be your undoing.' He's…

— T.J. Klune

“He was a relentlessly cheerful presence, talked only of himself but so good-naturedly that she indulged him. He certainly laughed a good deal. Something…

— Julie Anne Long

“But he liked to leave me laughing. This is how he wanted to remember me, and how he wanted to be remembered. Of all…

— Daniel Wallace

“This was the sort of thing that happened to persons of this sort, sensitives, who fought the world and always, in the end, let…

— Malcolm Bradbury