Failure Quotes · Page 632

I write in the novel's afterword that our recent wars "finish not with victory or defeat but with a calendar draw-down date…

— Chris Cleave

There are some legitimate security issues, but I believe many of the objections the administration is making are not for security reasons,…

— Bob Graham

We, with all of our sin, weakness, and failures are welcome to do what should blow our minds. We are not only…

— Paul David Tripp

I think the mistake people make with horror movies and what makes them successful is a lot of horror movies get made…

— Jason Blum

In racing marathons, one does not see the dropouts make fun of those who continue; failed runners actually cheer on those who…

— Neal A. Maxwell

I’ve worked with volunteers before,” he began. “It’s important not to… not to treat them like servants. We may feel that they…

— Ken Follett

“What is embarrassment? In general, embarrassment is an emotional response to an innocent mistake. The major reason that some of us are…

— Toni Bernhard

“Indeed, life is a continuum of accomplishment, failure, discovery, dilemma, challenge, boredom, sadness, disappointment, appreciation, the giving and receipt of grace, empathy,…

— Anonymous

“I'm afraid of not having enough time," she clarified. "Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be…

— Ann Brashares

The first reason for psychology's failure to understand what people are and how they act, is that clinicians and psychiatrists, who are…

— Naomi Weisstein

I love Rauschenberg. I love that he created a turning point in visual history, that he redefined the idea of beauty, that…

— Jerry Saltz

I've been playing music all my life. I wasn't really fostered in a musical family, it was something I did despite the…

— Tim Hecker

The mistake managers often make is defining their industry too narrowly. Digital's market share in the minicomputer market stayed very robust even…

— Clayton Christensen

Successful people just don't let failure define them or keep them from doing what they want to do. For example, I'd have…

— Aisha Tyler

You know you're gonna have failures, there's no way to avoid it. Especially if you're an entrepreneur, if you're doing something new,…

— Trip Hawkins

“McGovern made some stupid mistakes, but in context they seem almost frivolous compared to the things Richard Nixon does every day of…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“Even you, the professional helper, often mistaken for the enlightened Guru or Staretz, can become lost in your thoughts that you must…

— Scott E. Spradlin

“When you take God into partnership, when you are conscious that you are doing His work, you have a feeling of peace…

— Orison Swett Marden

You want to ensure people can do it right 99 percent of time. When we have to fire one of our surgical…

— Atul Gawande

It's a common mistake for vacationing Americans to assume that everyone around them is French and therefore speaks no English whatsoever. [...]…

— David Sedaris

“It is hard to work your day job and spend a ton of hours on your business, but it is harder to…

— Dave Ramsey

There is something solid and doughty in the man that can rise from defeat, the stuff of which victories are made in…

— James Russell Lowell

I made a big mistake with him the first day I shot. We're shooting the scene where I come back from the…

— Rod Steiger

“They say you can't go home again. Well, I'm proof that's not true. Home isn't just where you're born-it's where you belong.…

— Danielle Paige

Every man is his own man. You can be dependent but only up to a certain extent. Never blame anyone when things…

— Frank Matobo

When he breaks your heart, let it be.. maybe it wasn't meant to be.. if he comes crawling back to you ,…

— Shevay

“And this is what it means to be able to see yourself as a sinner: far from “seeing yourself as a sinner”…

— James Alison

Decisions are hard to make, when you don't have a choice, life is hard to live, when you are suffering inside, the…

— Cody Joseph

Jeff Sessions gets the job, right after he gets the job, he recuses himself. Was that a mistake? Well, Sessions should have…

— Donald Trump

Everything which might cause doubt about the wisdom of the government or create discontent will be kept from the people. The basis…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Everyone looks at our films and thinks that we are somehow able to make movie after movie that does well and is…

— Lee Unkrich

A lot of the drawbacks, a lot of the difficulties that Uber has had, have been completely predictable, and they handled them…

— Brad Stone

It is a mistake to think that programmers wares are programs. Programmers have to produce trustworthy solutions and present it in the…

— Edsger Dijkstra

They'll tell you failure is not an option. That is ridiculous, failure is always an option. Failure is the most readily available…

— Chael Sonnen

“You see, you cannot draw lines and compartments, and refuse to budge beyond them. Sometimes you have to use your failures as…

— Rohinton Mistry

“Bethany! Slade replied as he gazed into her eyes and smiled reassuringly at her. Your life is more than just the sum…

— Jill Thrussell

“When the [colonial] contact was violent, in fact, failure was more frequent than success. 'Colonialism' may have triumphed in the past: but…

— Fernand Braudel

It was a mistake of mine to train like that, with friends, at home. It was a handicap I should not have…

— Mirko Cro Cop

I made some mistakes, but not many. And I was always honest: 'OK, this role is not for you.' Sometimes you can…

— Mirella Freni

“As much as God loves his children, it is misplaced faith that asks him to prevent all pain in this life, especially…

— Art Berg