Fails Quotes

821 quotes by 701 authors

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being. — Paul Tillich
Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or… — Peter Tork
You shouldn't be afraid of failure - when something fails, you think, 'What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time.'… — Niklas Zennstrom
The modern believer is not suspicious enough, which is perhaps why, when they try to construct arguments in their defence, the convictions are left doing… — Julian Baggini
When the number of factors coming into play in a phenomenological complex is too large scientific method in most cases fails. One need only think… — Albert Einstein
. . . for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is… — Louisa May Alcott
Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies. — David Brin
Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship. — Bill Watterson
In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resultedâ€”Balder, Persephoneâ€”but [in India] the retreat is from the source of life,… — E. M. Forster
Why should your majesty think it? My own plans are made. While I may, I sail East in Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I… — C.S. Lewis
it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The bondage of the Negro brought captive from Africa is one of the greatest dramas in history, and the writer who merely sees in that… — Carter G. Woodson
But the grind has begun. The windows donâ€™t open, and even the availability of near-constant jokes about Jews and Mormons fails to stem the tide… — Dave Eggers
The idea that the State is capable of solving social problems is now viewed with great scepticism â€“ which foretells a coming change. As soon… — Stefan Molyneux
There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails,… — Jane Austen
Every Messiah fails, the moment he tries to redeem himself. — Michael Chabon
If you're ever in doubt, throw a pepper in the air. If it fails to come down, you have gone mad, so don't trust in… — Gregory Maguire
Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete — Rod Serling
Ah; but my courage fails me, and my heart is sick within me! â€”Lord, take pity on the Christian who doubts, on the skeptic who… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can't ever be fixed, and this is something… — Douglas Coupland

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