Fail Quotes

3161 quotes by 2081 authors

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in. — Galileo Galilei
For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When ideas fail, words come in very handy. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail. — Ulysses S. Grant
No matter how hard you try to teach your cat general relativity, you're going to fail. — Brian Greene
The way most people fail is in not keeping up the heart. — Lady Gregory
There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance. — Rachel Griffiths
When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder. — Natalie Gulbis
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they… — Charles Caleb Colton
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us -… — Charles Caleb Colton
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. — Charles Horton Cooley
Institutions - government, churches, industries, and the like - have properly no other function than to contribute to human freedom; and in so far as… — Charles Horton Cooley
I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate.… — Francis Ford Coppola
I'm in a position where whatever I do, I can get my head handed to me. I'm in a position to fail because there is… — Kevin Costner
Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without… — Bryan Cranston
I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at. — Louis C. K.
To an outsider, I just seem like a list of accomplishments. To me, all there is is how often I fail. — Junot Diaz
Finite to fail, but infinite to venture. — Emily Dickinson
The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability. — Ronnie James Dio
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles… — Benjamin Disraeli

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