Failed Quotes

1604 quotes by 1228 authors

He hath never failed thee yet. Never will His love forget. O fret not thyself nor let Thy heart be troubled, Neither let it be… — Amy Carmichael
I failed angst in high school. They let me graduate anyway. — John Scalzi
She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love. Only she tried twice and failed twice to find… — William Faulkner
At the end of a miserable day, instead of grieving my virtual nothing, I can always look at my loaded wastepaper basket and tell myself… — David Sedaris
You missed with me so close? What? You failed your assassin training classes? Did you even bother to show up? Or are you just that… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Excuse me, but Iâ€™ve been to some of the toughest zones in the galaxy to get my targets. And I have never once gone after… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
When all else failed, she tried being reasonable. — Terry Pratchett
But what will he do when he sees only too clearly why his patient is ill; when he sees that it arises from his having… — Carl Jung
Life's very difficult and full of surprises. At all events, I've got as far as that. To be humble and kind, to go straight ahead,… — E. M. Forster
Twice Flush had done his utmost to kill his enemy; twice he had failed. And why had he failed, he asked himself? Because he loved… — Virginia Woolf
Many have tried to kill us. All have failed. -Valek — Maria V. Snyder
When I was a little girl, I used to try and bring sunshine to my mother. I felt so bad that she had never really… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I did point out that I have no prophetic gifts. I write books because I tried to do something more useful and failed. Since I've… — Ayi Kwei Armah
Poets have tried to describe Ankh-Morpork. They have failed. Perhaps it's the sheer zestful vitality of the place, or maybe it's just that a city… — Terry Pratchett
There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great black fart of rage which… — Erica Jong
In that instant they felt an overwhelming sense of pride and accomplishment. Though they had failed dismally even to come close to the expedition's original… — Alfred Lansing
I think of the snarling, cruel exchange back on the hovercraft. The bitterness that followed. But all I say is "I can't believe you didn't… — Suzanne Collins
The only reason I lost, the only reason I failed to get what I want, is because the monster is me, there's no difference between… — Alyson Noel
To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort — Gene Kranz
I cared more about your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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