Marty, a religious historian, articulates how utopian "failures can inspire the imagination" to "retrieve some positive and often practical elements."

If failure inspires you to win, maybe you should go for it-but only maybe.

But Washington's utter failure to deal with the deficit can hardly inspire investor confidence.

Nevertheless, the failures of the BKS model inspired Werner Heisenberg in his development of matrix mechanics.

Several failures at establishing a barrier to the wind and sand in his garden inspired Morris to experiment with plants that might be grown in arid regions.

The constant refusal of the parents and the consequent failure of love inspired the theme of his second novel, Past love (published later, in 1929).

That sequence was instrumental, because the failure of the Rams to score a touchdown inspired Philadelphia to begin a comeback.

The greatest secret of winners is that failure inspires winning; thus, they're not afraid of losing.

Indeed, it was entirely possible that the destroyer's failure to arrive with their mail had inspired the people waiting for her to move to another address.

They loathe the idea that the United States military can overturn an Arab government, but fear failure might inspire a tidal wave of Islamic militancy or other violence.