Fail Quotes
3161 quotes by 2175 authors
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If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make…
— Sarah Dessen
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I will not fail,' the water bearer's daughter vowed. 'But worse than failing is not to try at all. For then there can be no…
— Cameron Dokey
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No one can remain married today because they are not married to the one they love, they are married to their sacrifice, and pretending to…
— Sister Souljah
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Accustom yourself to look first to the dreadful consequences of failure; then fix your eye on the glorious prize which is before you; and when…
— William Wilberforce
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Oh for God's sake,' Heather said, 'I wish you two would just go out, fail miserably as a couple, and get it over with.
— Sarah Dessen
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When you share your misery, it will not diminish. When you fail to share your joy, it diminishes. Share your problems only with the Divine,…
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail.
— Malcolm Gladwell
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Margaret had always dreaded lest her courage should fail her in any emergency, and she should be proved to be, what she dreaded lest she…
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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At times , he didn't understand the meaning of the Koran's words . But he said he liked the enhancing sounds the arabic words made…
— Khaled Hosseini
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If there is no fate and our interactions depend on such a complex system of chance encounters, what potentially important connections do we fail to…
— Simon Pegg
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Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.
— Terry Pratchett
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How often do we do that, he wondered--look at someone and fail to see what's really there?
— Sue Monk Kidd
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I told graduates to not be afraid to fail, and I still believe that. But today I tell you that whether you fear it or…
— Conan O'Brien
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Luck is a goddess not to be coerced and forcibly wooed by those who seek her favours. From such masterful spirits she turns away. But…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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Even if she be not harmed, her heart may fail her in so much and so many horrors; and hereafter she may suffer--both in waking,…
— Bram Stoker
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Society is the picnic certain individuals leave early, the party they fail to enjoy, the musical comedy they find not worth the price of admission.
— Joyce Carol Oates
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Sorry Johnny." "Sorry for what " "For shouting at you. It's just that when I think about the future I keep panicking. It's like falling…
— Julia Golding
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But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind,…
— Jane Austen
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Now, you may think that this is some sort of generalized hatred that I will carry for the lot of you. Let me assure you…
— John Scalzi
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But there's an enormous difference between an audience that's watching you because they can't wait to see what comes next and an audience that's watching…
— Jodi Picoult
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