Fail Quotes
3161 quotes by 2081 authors
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Official motto of the White House economic team: Those who can, do. Those who can't, fantasize in the classroom, fail in Washington and then return…
— Michelle Malkin
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For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will, as is so…
— Maxwell Maltz
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When narratives fracture, when words fail, I take consolation from the part of my life that always works: the stationery order. The mail-order stationery people…
— Hilary Mantel
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It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.
— Peter Marshall
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Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive, while…
— Terrence McNally
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What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things.…
— John Mellencamp
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
— Herman Melville
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Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to…
— Joyce Meyer
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People who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.'
— Joyce Meyer
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We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn't make you a failure. You are only…
— Joyce Meyer
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Whenever I've had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that's when you learn.
— Unknown Author
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I think that the Occupy movement is, in one sense, the public saying that they should be the ones to decide who's too big to…
— Alan Moore
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Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.
— Mary Tyler Moore
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One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are…
— Michael Morpurgo
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Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
— Mike Murdock
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Politicians don't like to face unpleasant realities. In truth, nobody does, but as individuals, we have no choice; if we neglect to plan ahead, we…
— Nathan Myhrvold
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The Palestinians want a state, but they have to give peace in return. What they're trying to do in the United Nations is to get…
— Benjamin Netanyahu
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Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a…
— Anais Nin
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Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian…
— Barack Obama
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Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.
— Carroll O'Connor
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