Judge not according to the orthodox standard of a system religious, philosophical, political, but according as things promote, or fail to promote… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Even the most humane and compassionate of the monotheisms and polytheisms are complicit in this quiet and irrational authoritarianism: they proclaim us,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
When you're unhinged, things make their way out of you that should be kept inside, and other things get in that ought… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism,… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Don't count your wrongs, count your blessings and you shall not fail. Any human who calls himself a creature of God and… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
The more you fail, the more you succeed. It is only when everything is lost and - instead of giving up -… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
States kill when they apply the death penalty, when they send their people to war, or when they carry out extra-judicial or… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We should not assume that Russia is doomed to live according to its worst traditions. In fact, in Russian history, failed efforts… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows. If I fail, if I succeed...At least I live as I believe.… — Whitney Houston Copy Share Image
In the laboratory, we call this the six-degrees-of-separation-from-cancer rule: you can ask any biological question, no matter how seemingly distant-what makes the… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
The Palestinian issue is a national, political issue. It's not to be seen as an economic issue that would be solved or… — Khaled Mashal Copy Share Image
If the Russians have gone too far in subjecting the child and his peer group to conformity to a single set of… — Urie Bronfenbrenner Copy Share Image
My whole life everyone always said 'it can't be done', 'you'll never do it', 'you will fail', 'no one has ever gone… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of… — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
“There is no failing or winning or losing … This is life, Lauren. This is love and marriage. If you stay married… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
Perhaps more to the point for TBTF (Too Big To Fail bank), if a SIFI (Systemically Important Financial Institution) does fail I… — Jeremy C. Stein Copy Share Image
In the past I've tended to overreact. I was sure I'd be a superstar by the time I was twenty-one. Baseball messed… — Albert Belle Copy Share Image
Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The... promptitude with which many painters, on arriving at an entirely new and unfamiliar place, settle down to work at once, never… — Augustus John Copy Share Image
There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fail to… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I can't live my life under the sort of "I cannot fail" philosophy, because then every time I do fail, which feels… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about the lack… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
I am learning that if I just go on accepting the framework for life that others have given me, if I fail… — Liv Ullmann Copy Share Image
I've often met people who are terrified, you know, in a straight jacket of their own making because they'd rather do anything… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The sad fact is that today most of the heads of big businesses in America have become so confused or intimidated that,… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
End-stage liver disease refers to a liver that's failing, and a very high percentage of those livers are what we call cirrhotic,… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
Innovative ideas are rarely rejected on their merits; they’re rejected because of how they make people feel. If you forget people’s concerns… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
The song succeeds or fails just based on whether you argue your point successfully. I like throwing images together, which create meaning… — Iron & Wine Copy Share Image
I was working at Kentucky Fried Chicken when my math teacher said, "You're failing in school, you're messing up, why don't you… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
If I'm trusting myself, I will stare at all the possible ways I could fail. If I'm trusting God, I will stare… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
My days among the dead are passed; Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old;… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
It is better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed. The result may be the same, but you… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
What is commonly overlooked in using the computer is the fact that the central goal of design is still to obviate failure,… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
I've always thought tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
I think there are definitely two types of student: the academic kids and the 50% who fail. It's very clear to see… — Jamie Oliver Copy Share Image
Most of the CEO's who fail think they will find the solution to their problems in Finance, Marketing, Strategic Planning, etc., but… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Magnificence is likewise a source of the sublime. A great profusion of things which are splendid or valuable in themselves is magnificent.… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Failing to take people along can render your best investments futile. Often we pay too much attention to building the system and… — Prakah Iyer Copy Share Image
Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
When the body is assailed by the strong force of time and the limbs weaken from exhausted force, genius breaks down, and… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
![“When the body is assailed by the strong force of time and the limbs weaken from exhausted force, genius breaks down, and mind and speech fail. [Lat., Ubi jam valideis quassatum est viribus aevi Corpus, et obtuseis ceciderunt viribus artus, Claudicat ingenium delirat linguaque mensque.]” quote by Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e3e/lucretius-1632_body_when-the-body-is-assailed-by-the-strong_1136452.jpg)
