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Failing Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
- May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.
- In our early struggles for liberty, religious freedom could not fail to become a primary object.
- No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the former…
- A first attempt to recover the right of self government may fail, so may a second, a third, etc. But as a younger and more…
- Such is the moral construction of the world that no national crime passes unpunished in the long run... Were present oppressors to reflect on the…
- To be really useful, we must keep pace with the state of society, and not dishearten it by attempts at what its population, means, or…
- Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
- I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the…
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- All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits… — Diane Ackerman
- It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of… — Teresa of Avila
- I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel, that is… — Michele Bachmann
- Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives. — Lester Bangs
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- We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. — Robert Baden-Powell
- There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. — Lord Acton