Failed Quotes

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This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war. — Tom Daschle
Old men declare war because they have failed to solve complex political and economic problems. — Art Hoppe
I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process. — Thomas A. Edison
When everything else failed, we can still become immortal by making an enormous blunder... — John Kenneth Galbraith
Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes. — Lewis E. Lawes
If you want to succeed in your life, remember this phrase: That past does not equal the future. Because you failed yesterday; or all day… — Tony Robbins
A pear is a failed apple. — George Carlin
(The) chain of command has failed over the years, obviously, for a lot of reasons. — Chuck Hagel
I'm fortunate now that I coach at Duke University and we've won a lot. I have some kids who haven't failed that much. But when… — Mike Krzyzewski
Knowing that you have working with you a force, which never yet has failed in anything it has undertaken, you can go ahead in the… — Robert Collier
Keep these concepts in mind: You've failed many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost… — Sherman Glenn Finesilver
Even in Europe a change has sensibly taken place in the mind of man. Science has liberated the ideas of those who read and reflect,… — Thomas Jefferson
Live for today. Multitudes of people have failed to live for today.... What they have had within their grasp today they have missed entirely, because… — William Allen White
I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away. — Thomas Love Peacock
Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am… — S I Hayakawa
All attempts to adapt our ethical code to our situation in the technological age have failed. — Max Born
Liberty is the luxury of self-discipline, that those nations historically who have failed to discipline themselves have had discipline imposed by others. — Alistair Cooke
Luck means the hardships and privations which you have not hesitated to endure, the long nights you have devoted to work. Luck means the appointments… — Max O'Rell
When I do things my way, I exhaust pleasure very quickly. It is not that Christianity has failed to teach me how to delight in… — Ravi Zacharias
[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics — Ludwig von Mises

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