The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don't be an asshole. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Sometimes my courage fails me and I think I ought to stop working, live in the country and devote myself to gardening.… — Marie Curie Copy Share Image
You have to continuously fail. You fail at something, then you get over it, then you fail some more. And after you… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
Near counts more than far, familiar more than different. Such is the indictment against the press, that it fails to treat similar… — David Folkenflik Copy Share Image
What is the soul? What color is it? I suspected my soul, being mischievous, might slip away while I was dreaming and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
There are many people who have the gift, or failing, of never understanding themselves. I have been unlucky enough, or perhaps fortunate… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
Succeed and you are a brilliant visionary. Fail and you are a delusional loser. — Don Dodge Copy Share Image
Commit yourself to a dream. Nobody who tries to do something great, but fails, is a total failure. Why? Because he can… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
“My sadness is beautiful. It infuses everything I do. It is at the core of my identity and always has been, just… — Ashly Lorenzana Copy Share Image
And whatever the form of your own resurrection, you will arise, driven not by the Great Search, but by your own Great… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Romance fails us and so do friendships, but the relationship of parent and child, less noisy than all the others, remains indelible… — Theodor Reik Copy Share Image
I go into every story thinking I'm going to fail. I think about that all the time - I think it's going… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost. — Bob Keeshan Copy Share Image
Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Socialism failed because it couldn't tell the economic truth. Capitalism may fail because it couldn't tell the ecological truth. — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The leader is best, When people are hardly aware of his existence, Not so good when people praise his government, Less good… — Laozi Copy Share Image
You can't expect everyone to laugh or applaud you for doing edgy things. Sometimes you'll miss. But I think comedians are artists… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
So I became a publisher by mistake - well, not quite by mistake, because I wanted to be an editor but I… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of The Planets… — Gustav Holst Copy Share Image
The lighthouse of the Lord sends forth signals readily recognized and never failing — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
What distinguishes a human being from a computer? The ability to add up numbers? The ability to understand language? The ability to… — Jonathan Cainer Copy Share Image
The power of music just kinda kills all those ills; it cures everything and you’ve got more energy just from the music.… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
I try as best I can to really put all I can into what I'm doing. A lot of days I fail… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
Someday, without fail, everyone will disappear, scattered into the blackness of time. — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
All parties attempt to represent important things that have developed outside themselves as unimportant, and where they fail in this they assail… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Give me an opportunity to fail," Saiman said. "I promise my corpse won't interrupt your 'I told you so' speech. — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Those who fail to reread are obliged to read the same story everywhere. — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I wanted to find my limitations so I decided to do Shylock. And if I fail? I've never been afraid of that.… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
We are raising today's children in sterile, risk-averse and highly structured environments. In so doing, we are failing to cultivate artists, pioneers… — Darell Hammond Copy Share Image
Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too… — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
The third level of wanting is "I commit to being rich." The definition of the word commit is to "devote oneself unreservedly."… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
We in this House are role models. People all over the world watch us and study us. When we fall short, they… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
