I think that failure by your own standards is certainly a form of success.
FAILURE, CERTAINLY A FORM OF SUCCESS
If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.
FAILURE, IT'S NOT A VERY HIGH FAILURE RATE IF YOU CHOOSE PEOPLE