Failed Quotes

1604 quotes by 1228 authors

I cannot face the idea of life without work. What would one do when ideas failed or words refused to come? It is impossible not… — Sigmund Freud
I do not agree with this century's fashion of running down the human species as a failed try, a doomed sport. At our worst, we… — Lewis Thomas
Tree sitting is a last resort. When you see someone sitting in a tree trying to protect it, you know that every level of our… — Julia Hill
The trouble with Christianity is, not that its failed, but that it's never been tried . . . not that it can't remake the world,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Each year the big garden grew smaller and Jane - who grew flowers by choice, not corn or stringbeans - worked at the vegetables more… — Donald Hall
REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it. — Ambrose Bierce
GNOSTICS, n. A sect of philosophers who tried to engineer a fusion between the early Christians and the Platonists. The former would not go into… — Ambrose Bierce
Often, our most rewarding dreams are staring us right in the face, but for some reason we focus on how hard things are, how we… — Joel Brown
Success can come to a person who has failed, but it will never come to a person who quits — David Jeremiah
If you've never failed, you've never tried anything new. — Albert Einstein
Our country will need real leadership to undo President Obama's failed policies, and replace them with the conservative principles Mitt Romney learned turning around businesses… — Nikki Haley
He looked at the book, took my name, and consulted his records. Then he informed me I had been lost at sea and was dead.… — Elizabeth Kenny
Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us. — George Washington
Everyone has failed, everyone has misspoken, everyone has meant well but done the wrong thing. Your favorite restaurants, cafes and books have all gotten a… — Seth Godin
By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw. — Harvey Mackay
Wealthy individuals bought themselves a radical right party, believing - correctly - that it would cut their taxes and remove regulations, but failed to realize… — Paul Krugman
Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast...and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams. — Brennan Manning
A work of art doesn't have to be explained. If you do not have any feeling about this, I cannot explain it to you. If… — Louise Bourgeois
If you have never failed at anything, then you haven't been trying hard enough, aren't very imaginative, or have had such extraordinarily good luck that… — Margaret Heffernan
God's unspotted faithfulness never failed any soul that durst trust himself in its arms. — John Flavel

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