It is an axiom nowadays that no bank fails for lack of capital; unprofitable lending is always the underlying cause. — James Grant Copy Share Image
If the members of a class do not understand -- if those directly addressed fail to listen, or listening, fail to recognize… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
I never set my sights low. I've always believed most people are ruined by the limitations they put on themselves. I was… — Ace Frehley Copy Share Image
If you want to be an entrepreneur, fail as fast as you can. The longer you go without that experience, the more… — Jeffry A Timmons Copy Share Image
Shall I give you yet another reason why you should pray? I have preached my very heart out. I could not say… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
It's easier to do Shakespeare than Spelling, and I know that sounds crazy, because the challenge of Shakespeare is living up to… — Vincent Kartheiser Copy Share Image
Why should your majesty think it? My own plans are made. While I may, I sail East in Dawn Treader. When she… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity, so if people who do this run into trouble, that's good! All businesses… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Any anti-bullying scheme, initiative or policy which fails to mention accountability for the bullies is likely to meet with little, and often… — Tim Field Copy Share Image
People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Every time I fail, I assume I will be a stronger person for it. I keep on running figuratively and literally, despite… — Joan Benoit Copy Share Image
The credit belongs to those of us who are actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
.Women's Studies can amount simply to compensatory history; too often they fail to challenge the intellectual and political structures that must be… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Iraq failed for the same reasons that all conservative public policy efforts fail. Refusing to acknowledge the importance of government while relying… — Alan Wolfe Copy Share Image
Any individual or society that fails to honor or provide the opportunity for women to fully exert their power can never truly… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up. — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
You are worried that the religious Right might succeed in forcing their values onto us? I am worried they might fail. — Daniel Lapin Copy Share Image
Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." I'd like to have at… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Mr Jefferson meant that the American system should be a democracy, and he would rather have let the whole world perish than… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if… — Gamaliel Copy Share Image
If you think you cannot do it, you set yourself up to fail anyway. Maybe it will take one more try to… — Benoit Lecomte Copy Share Image
Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
Life has its share of fears and failures. Sometimes things fall short. Sometimes people fail us, or economies or businesses or governments… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
There is no sorrow I have thought more about than that-to love what is great, and try to reach it, and yet… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
You’ve got to fight for that connection with God all the time no matter what you're going through in life. I'm growing… — Kelly Clark Copy Share Image
