Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.

There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail

You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable. I did my best. That is all I could do. Are you going to make mistakes? Of course. But it is not failure if you make the full effort.

There is no shame in making an honest effort.

Don't fear failure...in great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.

You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable. I did my best. That is all I could do.

All work is noble, if it is legal and ethical, so do your best, whether you are first, second, or last. Never lose an opportunity, a job, an election, a competition, or anything else because you were too lazy to give it your best effort.

But failure is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign that you are alive and growing.

We are not always humiliated by failing at things; we are humiliated only if we first invest our pride and sense of worth in a given achievement, and then do not reach it.

An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.

Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.

If you're doing your best, you won't have time to worry about failure.