Failing Quotes · Page 30

All the good maxims which are in the world fail when applied to one's self.

— Blaise Pascal

When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.

— Marva Collins

...when everything else fails, we communicate in the language of the stars

— Isabel Allende

I think everything happens for a reason, so there is no such thing as fail.

— Mary-Kate Olsen

Sometimes you fail your chemistry test and other times it's explosive.

— Bruce Campbell

If you're having trouble succeeding, fail.

— Kent Beck

If writing is your practice, the only way to fail is not to write.

— Gail Sher

We fail our children if we say, 'Don't do as I do, but do as I say'.

— Zig Ziglar

When today fails to offer the justification for hope, tomorrow becomes the only grail worth pursuing.

— Anonymous

Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative." "Which is?" "Not even trying." Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's…

— Sarah Dessen

I didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail.

— Jamaica Kincaid

Try. Make mistake. Fail. Learn. Try better. Make mistake. Fail. Learn. Try better still. Make mistake. Fail. Learn. Repeat until... Try. Succeed.

— Ken Evoy

In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word as fail.

— Anonymous

God is not dead; nor doth He sleep; ... The wrong shall fail, The right prevail, With peace on earth, good will…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I believe that Icarus was not failing as he fell, but just coming to the end of his triumph.

— Jack Gilbert

We must not condemn to frustration those whose job it is to protect us by failing to provide them with the necessary…

— Joe Lieberman

If you make mistakes that is alright because we all make mistakes and we learn from those mistakes. You gain confidence from…

— Wangari Maathai

When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget…

— Marcus Aurelius

What I'm trying to do is get this message out about self-empowerment, entrepreneurial spirit and true Americanism - the way we were…

— Glenn Beck

A particular rule that seems to make sense in the individual case makes no sense when it is made a universal rule…

— James Q. Wilson

The freedom to choose...means the freedom to make mistakes, to falter and fail, to come face-to-face with your own flaws and limitations…

— Caroline Knapp

I think being young in a grownup world, I think it stunted me a little bit. I had to grow up too…

— Laura Benanti

Celeborn is more fixed in his beliefs and methods than Galadriel, which is his failing, perhaps. As a team, they work well,…

— Marton Csokas

Indecisiveness and procrastination are the chosen ways of life for most people. They follow the course of least resistance, which is to…

— David Peoples

My revision methods are chipping things away and moving them around and trying to get things right. I'm also open in my…

— David Biespiel

No society can sustain unlimited growth - none ever has. History demonstrates that expectations of infinite growth lead to collapse. Unfortunately, millennia…

— Arthur Demarest

The problem with success is that you lose the capacity to fail and the capacity to surprise people. So, if I'm able…

— Shahrukh Khan

"Have you done your homework?" my mother would ask. "I'll do it later." "You will do it now, young man. I don't…

— Lewis Grizzard

At the same time that she [nature] solicits him [man] to follow her not only into her open walks, but likewise to…

— Henry Kett

There’s a tendency for young people to get discouraged and frustrated easily. But don’t be afraid to fail. In many ways, we…

— Anna Maria Chavez

Realize that the reason most people fail isn't because of the competition but because of the limits they place upon themselves, allowing…

— Bruce Jenner

And I want every one of you, every one of us, 100 senators to look in that camera, and you tell your…

— Chuck Hagel

If the student fails to learn, the teacher fails to teach.

— Sidney Sugarman

A man who lifts his chin in pride will fail to see the chasm at his feet.

— Alison Goodman

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

— Samuel Beckett

“When you fear falling, you never get off the ground.”

— Addison Killebrew

How does the richest country in the history of the world fail to pay its bills?

— Rick Perry

“one cannot suceed when he believes he is failing”

— Jesse Funch

The words: never, can't, quit, and fail, are not in my vocabulary.

— Robert Cheeke

I'm not perfect. Remember that, and try to forgive me when I fail you.

— Elizabeth Lowell