Successful Failures

[Stan]

Bilbo Baggins

"Adventures, nasty things, make you late for dinner."

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like;
and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

“I do not love the bright sword for it's sharpness,
nor the arrow for it's swiftness,
nor the warrior for his glory.
I love only that which they defend”

[tonyk]

“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”


“It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.”


“It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.”

[Stan]

Elon Musk
“Fear is finite, hope is infinite. We are afraid of failing, but it doesn’t stop us from trying.”
http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2013/10/31/elon-musk-failure-fear/

Thomas Edison
"I have not failed. I've just found 10000 ways that won't work."

The Early U.S. Space Program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13qeX98tAS8&feature=kp