Fails Quotes

821 quotes by 701 authors

You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to… — Norman Douglas
So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the… — John Drinkwater
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all. — Elizabeth I
Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of… — Lee H. Hamilton
Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it. — Sam Harris
Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it. — Heinrich Heine
If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick. — William James
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. — Samuel Johnson
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. — Michael Jordan
The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George. — Anna Kendrick
Franklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much; it is whether… — Patrick J. Kennedy
An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots. — Charles Kettering
One fails forward toward success. — Charles Kettering
I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money… — Hedy Lamarr
Our science fails to recognize those special properties of life that make it fundamental to material reality. This view of the world - biocentrism -… — Robert Lanza
All the revision in the world will not save a bad first draft: for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in… — T.E. Lawrence
When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his… — George Henry Lewes
If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow. — Dan Lipinski
You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one. — Rush Limbaugh

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