Failure Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

“That seems horribly unfair, and it was. But as is so often the case with outliers, buried in that setback was a golden opportunity.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

“It is not always a misfortune being overlooked.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“People overwhelmed with trouble do not look behind; they know only too well that misfortune follows them.”

— Victor Hugo

“Consequences were a strange beast, sometimes obvious, sometimes hidden, more often than not different to those expected.”

— Mitchell Hogan

“If they had the ordinary amount of good luck. Which didn’t seem to be the trend at the moment.”

— Orson Scott Card

“But that I should have ended up in a place like this seems too custom-made a nightmare to be the work of mere ill…

— Zoë Heller

“Luck is a favorable thing out of an uncertainty. No such thing as luck when everything's certain.”

— Toba Beta

“Sometimes mistakes could be turned into something unexpected and wonderful.”

— T. L. Hines

“People who are overwhelmed with troubles never do look back. They know only too well that misfortune follows in their footsteps.”

— Victor Hugo

“Never underestimate a situation. Chance is random and is able to undo every preparation.”

— Elaina J. Davidson

“There are certain things in which we so rarely meet with our double that it seems a miracle when that chance befalls.”

— Charlotte Brontë

“Ever has common decency paved the way to uncommon folly.”

— Jay Lake