Failed Quotes
1604 Failed quotes by 1228 unique authors
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I'm not denying that depression can be spiritually induced. Guilt from having wronged and hurt others can bring it on. A sense of having failed…
— Tony Campolo
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I think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn't re-elected.
— Jimmy Carter
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At this high moment, ability failed my capacity to describe.
— Dante Alighieri
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I did not like prizes at school. I didn't like tests or exams, or the 11+, or O-levels. Later I hated B.A.s and M.A.s. The…
— Billy Childish
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I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I…
— Winston Churchill
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In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so,…
— Winston Churchill
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I failed to make the chess team because of my height.
— Woody Allen
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One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour…
— Nick Clegg
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A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
— Georges Clemenceau
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I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.
— Kirstie Alley
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I think I may have failed at a lot of things, but the one thing I can say, and that I'm proud of, is that…
— Naveen Andrews
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I'm interested in utopian communities of the past. Many of them didn't survive and I'm examining closely the reasons they failed.
— Marina Abramovic
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Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According to prevailing attitudes, these people-the…
— Alice Miller
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They (the Rothschilds) have never dreamed of being ashamed of their wealth nor of disguising their way of life, no more than they have ever…
— Guy de Rothschild
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Pre-season was very challenging with the African Championships on my continent. Unfortunately, I failed to qualify for the Games there. It was an emotional moment…
— Benjamin Boukpeti
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A year ago Guyana became politically free and independent. She assumed the untrammeled right to make her own decisions on what ought to be done…
— Unknown Author
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Jesus was never worried or perplexed. He was calmly and completely in control of every situation. He never doubted that His Father's goodness would provide…
— Derek Prince
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All nations are degrading and consuming their environment to a point beyond capacity. In the past 15 years in the U.S. we have added 1300…
— Gaylord Nelson
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I've always said that the 1986 [Immigration Reform and Control] Act had a fourth leg [in addition to law enforcement, increased immigration and amnesty] to…
— Jan C. Ting
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When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.
— Alexander Suvorov
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You may have failed, but you are not a failure. That's what you did. That's not who you are.
— Joel Osteen
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You're going to die soon enough anyway; even if it's a hundred years from now, that's still the blink of a cosmic eye. In the…
— Jesse Bering
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It's the only way that I see that it can be done," McCain said. "Obviously, it has failed in the past, but I also notice…
— John McCain
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If you have a large bloc of Americans who believe you're trying to keep their ... fellow Hispanics down and deprive them of an opportunity,…
— John McCain
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You're not supposed to be admitted to America if you're likely to be a charge on the public - if you're going to need government…
— Jeff Sessions
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