Failings Quotes

115 Failings quotes by 106 unique authors

The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One of the failings of ideologues is their inability to see that everyone else isn't necessarily an ideologue like them. — Josh Marshall
Citizendium is based on the failings and unreliability of Wikipedia. — Larry Sanger
Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness. — Anna Seward
Yet, our achievements also mask many continuing failings and seem to expose more future dangers. — Hun Sen
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death. — Elijah Cummings
Be quick to do good. If you are slow, The mind, delighting in mischief, Will catch you. Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn… — Gautama Buddha
Throughout the world today there is a gowing awareness of the failings of the Western model of development and a corresponding desire to look for… — Unknown Author
Feminism's failings do not mean we should eschew feminism entirely. People do terrible things all the time, but we don't regularly disown our humanity. We… — Roxane Gay
Throughout the world today there is a gowing awareness of the failings of the Western model of development and a corresponding desire to look for… — Helena
For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness. — Carl Sagan
I pray that each one of us stays awake as we fall. I pray that we choose to go into the abyss willingly and that… — Elizabeth Lesser
Only when we accept and forgive all that is or has been the good, the bad, and the ugly of our human lives can we… — Sonia Choquette
What after all, has maintained the human race on this old globe despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind,… — Jane Addams
My dog does have his failings, of course. He's afraid of firecrackers and hides in the clothes closet whenever we run the vacuum cleaner, but,… — Gary A. Kowalski
No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption… — Samuel Johnson
We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their… — Dalai Lama
When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget your anger and… — Marcus Aurelius
Only Jesus Christ is uniquely qualified to provide that hope, that confidence, and that strength we need to overcome the world and rise above our… — Ezra Taft Benson
My life is my statement and I try to be true to myself and thusly to other people. Whatever my failings are, they are human… — William Shatner
Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what I am. — Emma Thompson
Ugly reports and conversations are always available to those who would promote the sordid and sensational. None of us are yet perfect. We each have… — Marvin J. Ashton
Whatever their failings as a class may be, and however likely to lose their immortal souls, lawyers do not generally lose papers. — Arthur Cheney Train
Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his… — Oliver Goldsmith
The American press is extraordinarily free and vigorous, as it should be. It should be, not because it is free of inaccuracy, oversimplification and bias,… — Robert Bork

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