My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.    From LearnThat.org.  [Abraham Lincolná]

Verb (used without object) : The experiment failed because of poor planning. ,He failed in history. ,Our supplies failed. ,The flowers failed for lack of rain. ,His health failed after the operation. ,The electricity failed during the storm.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : He failed to do his duty. ,His friends failed him. Words failed her. ,He failed history. ,The professor failed him in history.    From Dictionary.com. 

However, the label failed to allow him that option.    From Wordnik.com.  [Atheist Network RSS Feed] Reference

The word failed to make it to the people as the squall stalled over the city just past midnight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Storm Warning] Reference

Dr. Dr. has sued Death Row Records claiming the label failed to pay royalties and released a new version of his album.    From Wordnik.com.  [News24 Top Stories] Reference

The label failed to keep up with changing tastes, amassed debt and slid into crisis — well before the global financial crisis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Everyday Escada? Life After '80s Power Dressing] Reference

The first sign was the other day, when Asher Roth went on XXL talking about how the label failed to ship enough copies to stores.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gawker] Reference

He explained that the label failed to get behind singles such as "Grow Up," the first single from his debut which was released in 2008.    From Wordnik.com.  [RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds] Reference

Somalia and Sudan have each been embroiled in civil war for decades leading to genocide in the case of Sudan and earning the title failed state for Somalia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Washington Note] Reference

Los Angeles - Dr. Dr. sued the new iteration of Death Row Records on Thursday claiming the label failed to pay royalties and released a new version of his iconic album.    From Wordnik.com.  [News24 Top Stories] Reference

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dr. Dr. sued the new iteration of Death Row Records on Thursday claiming the label failed to pay royalties and released a new version of his iconic album.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

He will go down as a dishonest Jimmy Carter, one term failed Presidency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference

Whoever coined the term failed to capture the full complexity of the law.    From Wordnik.com.  [Looking Past The Verdict] Reference

Obama says McCain wants to continue what he called a failed cowboy diplomacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 19, 2008] Reference

Joe Lieberman is going to be in Texas tomorrow on what he calls a failed leadership tour.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Election 2000 Presidential Debate: The Spin Room - October 12, 2000] Reference

People loudly proclaim that we must bring home the troops from what they call a failed war.    From Wordnik.com.  [7.62mm Justice] Reference

Democratic leaders blamed Perry and other top Republicans for what they called a failed session.    From Wordnik.com.  [KSAT.com - Local News] Reference

But the new title failed and the inevitable merger added little of value to Tharg's Thrill-Archives.    From Wordnik.com.  [28 Days of 2000 AD #12.1: Future History] Reference

Up until now, Pakistan civilian government has blamed President Pervez Musharraf for what it calls a failed strategy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2008] Reference

FOR STRATEGIC & INT'L STUDIES: We find them reverting to the -- what they described as the failed policies of the past.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2007] Reference

Police after a brief neighborhood search arrested Carlos Orozco, 25, after what they described as a failed burglary attempt.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories] Reference

Remember, many in Pakistan blame the instability, the extremism here on the -- what they call a failed U.S. policy in Afghanistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2009] Reference

His promise not to continue what he calls the failed policies of the last eight years may rally the partisans but it misses the mark.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stimulus Plan Illustrates 'Haste Makes Waste'] Reference

He also says, "no end in sight," and that this administration has stubbornly stuck to what he calls a failed policy that has alienated our longtime traditional allies.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2004] Reference

But he's never really uttered the word failed before.    From Wordnik.com.  [somewhere to hang my head] Reference

As her expression failed to lighten, his own smile faded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firestorm]

Once more the name failed to produce the slightest effect on her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Law and the Lady] Reference

How many a piece of important business has failed from a short delay!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Man's Guide] Reference

The word failed her, and his answer came thick and indistinct -- "Yes.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Manxman A Novel - 1895] Reference

ROBERTS: President Obama last night called on Republicans to abandon what he called failed policies.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2009] Reference

Mr. Obama resisted Cantor's call to return to what he described as the failed economic policies of the past.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News]

But drummer Sam Brown isn't interested in telling "yet another sob story about how a major label failed a band.".    From Wordnik.com. Reference

FOREMAN: The same question to you, Spider, is it fair to use the word failed about any of the people who have led us in Iraq at this point?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2007] Reference