Failing Quotes
3535 Failing quotes by 2358 unique authors
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Even in the works of the greatest master, the organic sequence can fail and then a skillful join must be made.
— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Therefore, when a person refuses to come to Christ it is never just because of a lack of evidence or because of intellectual difficulties: at…
— William Lane Craig
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I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
— Thomas A. Edison
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Is it better to be extremely ambitious, or rather modest? Probably the latter is safer; but I hate safety, and would rather fail gloriously than…
— Vita Sackville-West
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In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents,…
— Gregory Bateson
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Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is.
— Jack Welch
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At the core, there is one simple, overarching reason why so many people remain unsatisfied in their work and why most organisations fail to draw…
— Stephen Covey
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What I am asserting is that in this particular epoch a conjunction of historical circumstances has led to the rise of an elite of power;…
— C. Wright Mills
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I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? He needs a waterboarding, that's what he needs.
— Wanda Sykes
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I believe that we can accomplish any object that we make up our minds to, and no boy or girl ought to sit down and…
— Heber J. Grant
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On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong.…
— Confucius
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The only thing we are sure to fail is that which we do not attempt
— Paul-Emile Victor
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For there to be true maturity, people must be given room to grow, which includes room to fail...
— Charles R. Swindoll
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In the real world, very smart people fail and mediocre people rise. Part of what makes people fail or succeed are skills that have nothing…
— Camille Paglia
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To desire to write poems that endure-we undertake such a goal certain of two things: that in all likelihood we will fail, and if we…
— Donald Hall
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Pseudo faith always arranges a way out to serve in case God fails it. Real faith knows only one way and gladly allows itself to…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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The unattended garden will soon be overrun with weeds; the heart that fails to cultivate truth and root out error will shortly be a theological…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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When sight ceases, it is the time for faith to work. The greater the difficulties, the easier it is for faith. As long as human…
— George Muller
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The province of faith begins where probabilities cease and sight and sense fail.
— George Muller
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A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.
— Erwin Rommel
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If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.
— Jeff Bezos
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It’s very important for entrepreneurs to be realistic. So if you believe on that first day while you’re writing the business plan that there’s a…
— Jeff Bezos
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The simple reason that most people fail financially is not because of the lack of a plan, it’s not because of good advice, it’s not…
— Tony Robbins
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When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.
— Wietse Venema
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If you fail to pay your bill by 9 AM tomorrow morning your service will be discontinued.
— Jon Jones
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