Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational. Posted byAmyLAdlerExecutiveResumeWriter April 15, 2017 Leave a comment on Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational. Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational. – Warren Buffett