Failure - what is it exactly ?
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
The definition
1 a : omission of occurrence or performance;specifically:
a failing to perform a duty or expected action
b : a state of inability to perform a normal function
c : a fracturing or giving way under stress (structural)
2 a : lack of success
b : a failing in business : BANKRUPTCY
3 a : a falling short : DEFICIENCY (a crop)
b : DETERIORATION, DECAY
4 : one that has failed"Failure is impossible" Susan B. Anthony1
"If a man once fail, all will tread on him" John Clarke2
"Failure seldom stops you it is the fear of failure." Jack Lemmon
"There are only two kinds of people who fail:
Those who listen to nobody, and those who listen to everybody." Thomas M. Beshere JR.
"Failure is the path of least persistence" Michael Larsen
Merriam-Webster has several definitions for the word FAILURE.
It first appeared 1643
1 a : omission of occurrence or performance;specifically:
a failing to perform a duty or expected action
b : a state of inability to perform a normal function
c : a fracturing or giving way under stress (structural)
2 a : lack of success
b : a failing in business : BANKRUPTCY
3 a : a falling short : DEFICIENCY (a crop)
b : DETERIORATION, DECAY
4 : one that has failed
Well I for one have always mostly thought that failure, well sucked. Not to say I fail a lot, of course not!
However many have conflicting thoughts on failure...
"If a man once fail, all will tread on him" John Clarke2
"Failure seldom stops you it is the fear of failure." Jack Lemmon
"There are only two kinds of people who fail:
Those who listen to nobody, and those who listen to everybody." Thomas M. Beshere JR.
"Failure is the path of least persistence" Michael Larsen
1Perhaps Ms Anthony did not know that many people....2I always felt like I was being walked on, now I understand
Failure in many namesDefeat,Delay,Disaster,Errors,Losing,Misfortune,Mistakes,Tragedy,Trouble....3
Are you now wondering-
What kind of sick freak would write all this about failure?
Well let me tell you
One that is tired of failure and is seeking its core to gobble it up..
though I need some tums first I'm sure it will give me a nasty case of indegestion!
3linked to failure in Websters QUOTATIONARY
Last wordsI will be back to work on this..
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1Perhaps Ms Anthony did not know that many people....2I always felt like I was being walked on, now I understand3linked to failure in Websters QUOTATIONARY
