The worst thing that can happen to anybody in this cultural environment is to fail. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I'm a risk-taker. It's where my passion lies, so I don't want to play it safe. That means I'm going to fail… — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
You should treat your marriage like a business that you wouldn't want to let fail. — Lisa Ling Copy Share Image
The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with how you still fail at it a lot of the… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It… — Anthony Mackie Copy Share Image
When we try to imagine a chaos we fail. ... In its very fiber the mind is an order and refuses to… — George Iles Copy Share Image
I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The movie industry is failing women. And until the industry starts making serious changes, nothing is going to change. — Manohla Dargis Copy Share Image
In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no idea before,… — Joseph Priestley Copy Share Image
You can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between. Try to learn. Be coachable. Try to… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
And so whether it's failing to move forward on the Dream Act, failing to move forward on putting teachers back to work,… — David Plouffe Copy Share Image
To my mind by far the greatest danger in scholarship...is not that the individual may fail to master the thought of a… — Geoffrey Sampson Copy Share Image
In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different Indo-European languages with one another, and eventually… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
“I observed that most global achievers were first time global failures. It means, when you fail at your first attempt, perhaps that… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Failures are life's way of nudging you and letting you know you are off course. Trying new things and not being afraid… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
Investment in the eradication of hunger today is a good business decision. If we fail to make this investment, it is doubtful… — Alan Hassenfeld Copy Share Image
On Christmas morning, our joy or our happiness can be at a very high level, not because of our anticipation of what… — Earl Nightingale Copy Share Image
The Negro who experiences bitter and agonizing circumstances as a result of some ungodly white person is tempted to look upon all… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I discovered several never-failing signs by which one might know when a man wished to take another wife. He would suddenly 'awaken… — T. B. H. Stenhouse Copy Share Image
In comparison to the emotionally-charged axing of a striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who averaged 30 goals a season, even the sale of… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
If your kids remember anything, it's the fact that you were there. You're gonna fail every day, you're gonna make mistakes, you're… — Raine Maida Copy Share Image
When you gossip about another person, listeners unconsciously associate you with the characteristics you are describing, ultimately leading to those characteristics' being… — Richard Wiseman Copy Share Image
One would have thought that it was even more necessary to limit population than property; and that the limit should be fixed… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Why do leaders fail? Isolation and inability to learn. They are afraid to express doubt, admit vulnerability or seek advice from subordinates.… — Robert S. Kaplan Copy Share Image
Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
A business model that hasn't been tried before is always interesting, even if it's likely to fail. — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does,… — George Lois Copy Share Image
My daughter genuinely asked me to hand her the basketball bat. I might be failing as a father. — Greg Behrendt Copy Share Image
When people reproach us, they only increase their own failings even as they are disclaiming them. — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
You know what 'FAILING' stands for? It stands for 'Finding An Important Lesson, Inviting Needed Growth.' — Gary Busey Copy Share Image
There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker — Mike Figgis Copy Share Image
Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life. — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I didn't go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count - the defunding box canyon is a tactic that will fail… — Bob Corker Copy Share Image
Beautiful things only grow to a certain height, and then they fail and fade off. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
If you surround yourself with talented people and you give them the freedom to achieve, then the work will never fail. — Rankin Copy Share Image
“Continuously failing does not make you a failure. It only means that your strength is in exploring your weaknesses.” — VaeEshia Ratcliff-Davis Copy Share Image
Any time you try to create an Internet meme, automatic fail. That's like the worst thing you can do. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
