Sentence examples similar to I failed not from inspiring English sources

"I have not failed, not once.

I promised myself I wouldn't read any work email (I failed), wouldn't tweet (failed) and wouldn't bring along any homework — I failed there too, but that one I don't actually feel bad about.

In fact, I think I failed -- not because the plays are under-researched, I hope, but because they inevitably emphasize things that appear completely ordinary to natives but seem odd or exceptional to me.

And I failed myself by not knowing how to get any.

If I failed, it's not I failed.

And I knew that if I failed, I wouldn't regret that.

I failed to post, but not because I didn't read anything interesting.

I don't see how I failed because he didn't learn anything about me.

Had I failed because I hadn't spread across the country like wildfire?

I failed because I didn't actually try.

"I don't say I failed my son.