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Many armies fail because they put all their emphasis into creating a plan that becomes useless ten minutes into the battle — Chip Heath
While waiting for promised blessings, one should not mark time, for to fail to move forward is to some degree a retrogression. Be anxiously engaged… — Howard W. Hunter
One of the greatest weaknesses in most of us is our lack of faith in ourselves. One of our common failings is to depreciate our… — L. Tom Perry
At the age of twenty six I am in the condition of an aged person — all my old friends are gone... & my heart… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Reality is painful -- it's so much easier to keep doing stuff you know you're good at or else to pick something so hard there's… — Aaron Swartz
I want to remind priests that the confessional must not be a torture chamber but rather an encounter with the Lord’s mercy which spurs us… — Pope Francis
That the Jews are connected with God in a special way and that God does not allow that bond to fail is entirely obvious. We… — Pope Benedict XVI
Society today is being fragmented by a way of thinking that is inherently short-sighted because it disregards the full horizon of truth - the truth… — Pope Benedict XVI
The more you fail, the more you succeed. It is only when everything is lost and - instead of giving up - you go on,… — Alberto Giacometti
Humanity cannot afford to muddle through the rest of the twentieth century; the risks are too great, and the stakes are too high. This may… — John Holdren
The disappearance of the heroic ideal is always accompanied by the growth of commercialism. There is a cause-and-effect relationship here, for the man of commerce… — Richard M. Weaver
Astrologers were greatly impressed, and misled, by what they believed to be confirming evidence-so much so that they were quite unimpressed by any unfavorable evidence.… — Karl Popper
The best antidote for crime is justice. The irony we often fail to appreciate is that the more justice people enjoy, the fewer crimes they… — Gerry Spence
At 13, I was fearless. I looked at everything so positive. When you're older and been through it all, you know how bad it can… — Michelle Kwan
The only reason men fail is because of broken focus — Mike Murdock
When all else fails, take a vacation. — Betty Williams
Businesses planned for service are apt to succeed businesses planned for profit are apt to fail. — Nicholas Murray Butler
There must not be one law for the Jew and another for the Arabs....In saying this, I do not assume that there are tendencies toward… — Chaim Weizmann
I cannot emphasize enough how wrongheaded this is. Withholding criticism and ignoring differences are racism in its purest form. Yet these cultural experts fail to… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it is… — Dean Acheson
Throughout the world, the family is increasingly under attack. If families fail, many of our political, economic, and social systems will also fail. — Russell M. Nelson
Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear. — Boyd K. Packer
Our education must never stop. If it ends at the door of the classroom on graduation day, we will fail. And we will need the… — Henry B. Eyring
Please be careful of becoming so immersed and engrossed in pixels, texting, ear buds, Twittering, online social networking, and potentially addictive uses of media and… — David A. Bednar
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give… — Bill Gates

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