Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand that never fails — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
There's something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
What if i fail?" ...the more profound question is, "what if i never fail?" "Stop making excuses and start managing your fear. — David Meerman Scott Copy Share Image
Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale. — Richard Hammond Copy Share Image
“When failing spectacularly the trick is to employ an inverted Schadenfreude. Take ownership of your misfortune.” — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing: our helper He amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The thing about taking risks is, if it’s really a risk, you really can fail. It’s only a pretend risk if you… — Connie Britton 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
Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It's been fascinating over the last few years, watching the high and mighty in business and politics fall precipitously-not because their plans… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
None of us are rational economic men as we're supposed to be portrayed in economic theory where mixes of passions, of desires,… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
That hour in the life of a man when first the help of humanity fails him, and he learns that in his… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Critical Race Theory offers a critique of how law and certain law reform strategies misunderstand the actual operation of life-shortening state violence,… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
I had two chances to fail [working for Disney]. The first one, they said was "too juvenile." The second one was,they give… — Charles Busch Copy Share Image
Say of him what you please, but I know my child's failings. I do not love him because he is good, but… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
The human psyche has two great sicknesses: the urge to carry vendetta across generations, and the tendency to fasten group labels on… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Science that fails to embrace all living beings is far more dangerous than any virus! — Steve Simmons Copy Share Image
I have never judged myself by other people’s standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail,… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
Be thankful, but be careful that you don't become so enamored of God's good gifts that you fail to worship the giver. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
The advantage of the cauliflower is that if all else fails, you can always cover it with melted cheese and eat it. — William E. Simon Copy Share Image
This is a war of the unknown warriors; but let all strive without failing in faith or in duty, and the dark… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
One of the things that make motorcycling so great is because it never fails to give you a feeling of freedom and… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
'To Kill A Mockingbird' is one of my favourite novels, my mum brought me up reading it, and it never fails to… — Jessica Marais Copy Share Image
A taste for literature and a turn for business, united in the same person, never fails to make a great man. — John Adams Copy Share Image
If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
While some part of the artwork may fail, the whole may have its own unique importance. — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
It's good to fail now and again - you learn a lot more out of failure than you do out of success. — Ian Hunter Copy Share Image
I will not fail,' the water bearer's daughter vowed. 'But worse than failing is not to try at all. For then there… — Cameron Dokey Copy Share Image
The marketplace judges technologies by their practical effectiveness, by whether they succeed or fail to do the job they are designed to… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
For three decades, we have sought to solve the problems of unemployment through government planning, and the more the plans fail, the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image