“We humans are the victims of an asymmetry in the perception of random events. We attribute our successes to our skills, and… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I think... part of life skills is also socialising... I think many people make the mistake of not going out... You can… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
What I try to get physically healthy people to understand is that they're going to die someday. There is no way out.… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
“Ordinary people shy away from negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
“She closed her eyes, soaking in the feel of his hand, then opened them and stared at his perfect face as longing… — Cindi Madsen Copy Share Image
The degree of sympathy we feel regarding another's fiasco is directly proportional to how easy or difficult it is for us to… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
And having a strong family, you know we've lost some members of our family and had some setbacks, but I think a… — Brett Favre Copy Share Image
“If today shows no results, that doesn't mean the past wasn't working or the present isn't working. It just means we see… — Deb Brammer Copy Share Image
People should not judge failed love affairs as failed experiences, but as part of the growth process. Something does not have to… — Ethel Person Copy Share Image
Any customer that walks away, disrespected and defeated, represents tens of thousands of dollars out the door, in addition to the failure… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
You may not be her first,her last,or her only.she loved before she love again.but if she loves you now,what else matters? she's… — Cristos07 Copy Share Image
“Safety starts with management leadership and commitment. Without these, the efforts of others in the organization are almost doomed to failure. Leadership… — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“A friend once taught me that we'd all live differently if we could live our lives over, but all we can actually… — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
“I had written a book of short stories which was published under the title of "Uncle Tom's Children". When the review of… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
For me, style is about how you feel that day and what inspires you, as well as taking chances and making mistakes.… — Dree Hemingway Copy Share Image
“I like the moment of failure that finds us on that line, abandoned of intent, caught in an experience of a different… — Dan Beachy-Quick Copy Share Image
Many people are afraid to fail, so they don't try. They may dream, talk, and even plan, but they don't take that… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I think I made some mistakes, in different areas, but it's great to be working in a show again now, many years… — Dustin Clare Copy Share Image
I learned from my dad's mistakes. I think that's why I'm so into my son. I bring him lunch every day: McDonald's,… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
“The word "frustration" is defined as the unfortunate tendency of lessening one's destiny. Rise up and take all frustrations away! Stop squeezing… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I'd got a part in the original cast of 'Cats' when I was 16, and that kept me going for a while.… — Bonnie Langford Copy Share Image
The real thing is that you are suffering from your expectations. When they are not fulfilled - and they are never going… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Personal initiative, competitive selection, the profit motive, corrected by failure and the infinite process of good housekeeping and the personal ingenuity-here constitute… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Our problem is that we make the mistake of comparing ourselves to other people. You are not inferior or superior to any… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
[I have a] fondness for telling stories, like the Arab storytellers on the marketplace. ... I will never grow tired of [telling]… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains two descriptions: could… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson.… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I failed everything in school. I left when I was 13 because I had no comprehension of what the hell they were… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
There’s one thing that’s been 'learned' maybe from Tunisia and Egypt that I think is a mistake. And that is that the… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
“It soothes our vanity to say that we failed because we’re too good, or that we’re broke because we’re too honest. But… — Sam Torode Copy Share Image
Failure and things of this sort - you can take it one of two ways. You can either let that hurt you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When your naive in life you make many mistakes. You play with peoples feelings. You take people that love you for granted.… — Jackie Copy Share Image
The consequences for failure are very different if you're a woman or a person of color than they are if you're a… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
There is no permanent status quo in nature; all is the process of adjustment and readjustment, or else eventual failure. But man… — Hermann Joseph Muller Copy Share Image
The purpose of democracy - supplanting old belief in the necessary absoluteness of establish'd dynastic rulership, temporal, ecclesiastical, and scholastic, as furnishing… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. The public… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Life has its share of fears and failures. Sometimes things fall short. Sometimes people fail us, or economies or businesses or governments… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Tis a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies; other Forms of Government are liable to it, as… — John Locke 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