The First bad told him that the quest had failed.
The quest for the One Tree had failed.
They don't seem to understand the danger that would have faced them if Frodo's quest had failed.
With this, surely my quest cannot fail, and the man must perish at my own hand.
But their comrades asked them if their quest had failed and the three men only answered: "We have seen the gods."
This quest for happiness will not fail with prayer as our means of friendship with God.
Without the Child of the Prophecy the quest to regain the sacred islands will fail.
Then he saw that in everything his quest failed him.
While attractive from a technical advancement perspective, this quest is expensive and often fails to create operational capabilities.
Yet his quest to find the balance that would help him walk in beauty had failed.