Fail Quotes
3161 quotes by 2081 authors
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Not the victims of any specific ideology of the left or of the right, but of the ideological posture as such. This has to do…
— Gerhard Richter
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Many souls fail to find God because they want a religion which will remake society without remaking themselves.
— Fulton J. Sheen
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Some people stand and move as if they have no right to the space they occupy. They wonder why others often fail to treat them…
— Nathaniel Branden
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I dare to dream greatly; I dare to fail greatly. I dare to tolerate the ashes of my unfulfilled dreams, for I may dream again.…
— Philippos Syrigos
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Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study - ourselves.
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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The art of dharma practice requires commitment, technical accomplishment, and imagination. As with all arts, we will fail to realize its full potential if any…
— Stephen Batchelor
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But nothing ever put 'Hoppy' in the shade. No one could fail to recognize in the little figure... the authentic gold of intellectual inspiration, the…
— Joseph Needham
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When we don't pay close attention to the decisions made by our leaders, when we fail to educate ourselves about the major issues of the…
— Barack Obama
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You will be favorable to Burr, and so must fail, because the American reader cannot bear a surprise. He knows that this is the greatest…
— Gore Vidal
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I remember everyone telling me I had to think positive when I was writing my first book. If I believed I could do it, then…
— Holly Black
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I didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail.
— Jamaica Kincaid
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I never fail to be moved by knowing that the ground on which I walk is layered with the past- with achievement and strife and…
— Eva Hoffman
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I will never be able to say what is in my heart because words fail us, because it is in our nature to protect, because…
— Terry Tempest Williams
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Dear God, I understand that if I fail to believe in you, I'll burn in hell for eternity. Thanks for being such a good sport…
— Scott Dikkers
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The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's soul, are everything. Unless the soldier's soul sustains him he cannot be relied on and will fail…
— George C. Marshall
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The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come to a halt and accept themselves as they are. Those…
— Harold Rosenberg
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Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when…
— Ignatius Loyola
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I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republican Party is not extinct and will…
— Ed Rollins
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Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?
— Stephen Ambrose
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My judgment is that research in 'Star Wars' is going to fail, and I believe this so strongly that I'm willing to stake my professional…
— David Parnas
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