Fails Quotes

821 quotes by 701 authors

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Guard thy heart on this weak side, where most our nature fails. — Joseph Addison
One who is caught in thought loses one's original nature. All he knows are words and descriptions. When he sees the actual thing, he fails… — Dalai Lama
A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration, well applied; But… — William Cowper
The only work of art which succeeds is that which fails. — Jean Cocteau
If temperance prevails, then education can prevail; if temperance fails, then education must fail. — Horace Mann
The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes… — Joshua Reynolds
A man's task is to find himself, and if he fails in this, it doesn't much matter what else he finds. — William Manchester
Your ego is an avid interpreter. It is so quick to interpret events as 'bad' or 'good,' 'wrong' or 'right.' It never fails to see… — Robert Holden
Art is good, bad, boring, ugly, useful to us or not. It does or doesn't disturb optical monotony, and succeeds or fails in surmounting sterility… — Jerry Saltz
Art is a staple of mankind... So urgent, so utterly linked with the pulse of feeling that it becomes the singular sign of life when… — Jamake Highwater
We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful teasing recurrence of emotion that… — John F. Carlson
Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be… — Arthur Gordon Webster
A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness.… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Preach the gospel wherever you can; when all else fails use words. — Francis of Assisi
All honor to him who shall win the prize. The world has cried for a thousand years. But to him who tries and fails and… — Joaquin Miller
Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit,… — Napoleon Bonaparte
This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who… — Theodore Roosevelt
When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will. — Marcus Garvey
The bankers just got a good cussing by everybody for loaning too much money. Well, they got some awful nice buildings. So when a banker… — Will Rogers

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