Answer: failure

AnswerCrossword Clue
FAILUREBankruptcy
failureperson or thing that proves unsuccessful
failureinsolvency
failuredeterioration or decay, esp. of vigor, strength, etc.
failurenonperformance of something due, required, or expected
failurethe act of failing
failuresubnormal quantity or quality; insufficiency
failureact or instance of proving unsuccessful; lack of success
FAILUREFear of many
FAILUREOpposite of success
FAILUREIt's said to be "the mother of success"
FAILUREDud
FAILUREDud.
FAILUREFalling short.
FAILURERuin.
FAILUREInsolvency.
FAILUREBomb
FAILUREKakorrhaphiophobe's fear
FAILUREWhat "you always pass ... on your way to success": Mickey Rooney
FAILURELack of success
FAILUREPart three of quote