There's a moment in Sarah Manguso's The Guardians when she writes, "I try not to make anything up, and I fail every… — Jill Talbot Copy Share Image
It was failing part of my Ph.D. that led me into novel-writing. By then I was 29, had remarried and had a… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
God tested Abraham. Temptation is not meant to make us fail; it is meant to confront us with a situation out of… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
The E Myth. Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the… — Richard Mitchell Copy Share Image
Love is anticipation and memory, uncertainty and longing. It’s unreasonable, of course. Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope and pleasure… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
I believe that we all get rewarded and punished according to whether we operate in harmony or in conflict with nature's laws,… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Painting, art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters? When you put all your soul into a work,… — Camille Pissarro Copy Share Image
There is no nobler chore in the craft of writing than holding up the mirror of reality and turning it slightly, so… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
No one should ever be afraid of failing; it’s being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against.… — Chrissie Wellington Copy Share Image
If you can't fail then how can you possible develop as a communicator or as a creator of anything? We are locked… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Some time ago a little-known Scottish philosopher wrote a book on what makes nations succeed and what makes them fail. The Wealth… — George Akerlof Copy Share Image
I was certainly going the right way for a stroke when I left Paris. I paid for it nicely afterwards! When I… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Unlike private enterprise which quickly modifies its actions to meet emergencies - unlike the shopkeeper who promptly finds the wherewith to satisfy… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
I am simultaneously and contradictorily both happy and unhappy: 'to succeed' or 'to fail' have for me only ephemeral, contingent meanings (this… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
“Disappointment will come when your effort does not give you the expected return. If things don’t go as planned or if you… — Chetan Bhagat Copy Share Image
I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
The best people in the world aren't those who never fail - but those who fail and learn something from it. I… — John Townsend Copy Share Image
Guys are missing rewards and opportunities right now because they're feeling that pressure not to fail. And they're not learning about themselves… — Mark Schlereth Copy Share Image
Socialized medicine must fail for the same reasons all socialism must fail: it offers no system for rationally allocating resources, and instead… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
“Failing adds to your experience, Success adds to your self-image. In life everything has its bright sides, you just need to perceive… — Jeekeshen Chinnappen Copy Share Image
I show up in my writing room at approximately 10 A.M. every morning without fail. Sometimes my muse sees fit to join… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Prayer provides an opportunity to remind oneself of how one should be living, our responsibilities to others, our own failings, and our… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
No woman need fear the effect of absence upon the man who honestly loves her. The needle of the compass, regardless of… — Myrtle Reed Copy Share Image
People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer because of a very ordinary woman. This… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“I believe that the key to success lies in knowing how to both strive for a lot and fail well. By failing… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Sex is not a tryout. If she fails to live up to your expectations in the bedroom, will you love her less?… — Jason Evert Copy Share Image
It is up to the leader to create a healthy environment where people are not afraid to fail. Mistakes should be seen… — Andrew Harvey Copy Share Image
I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
To have something which one particularly wants to do is more important than anything else. It is even more important than succeeding… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
In the United States especially, politics and economics don’t mix well. Politicians have all sorts of reasons to pass all sorts of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Data-driven predictions can succeed-and they can fail. It is when we deny our role in the process that the odds of failure… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
Children are born as individuals. If we fail to see that, if we see them as clay to be molded in any… — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
The apothegm is the most portable form of Truth… It is thus that the proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
What I'd like to say is that I think the lives of every one of these little kids who are trapped in… — James R. Leininger Copy Share Image
Software projects fail for one of two general reasons: the project team lacks the knowledge to conduct a software project successfully, or… — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
It is sometimes a mistake to climb; it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt. If you do not… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
It's not all been rosy; I've had difficult situations where I've failed. But when you fail you learn a lot about yourself… — Richard Whitehead Copy Share Image
Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice… — R. D. Laing Copy Share Image
