Failure Quotes

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You need to have a passionate interest in why things are happening. That cast of mind, kept over long periods, gradually improves your ability to… — Charlie Munger
As the opportunity grows for unlimited growth and progress, the chances of failure increase. There is no such thing as a program that will provide… — Dean L. Larsen
I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure. — George Orwell
Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than… — James Surowiecki
In all education the main cause of failure is staleness. — Alfred North Whitehead
I believe that now and always the conscious selection of the best for reproduction will be impossible; that to propose it is to display a… — H.G. Wells
Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man. — Edward Weston
Great photography is always on the edge of failure. — Garry Winogrand
. . . [we] read in the bystander's eyes the success or failure of our own conduct. — William James
One barrier... is the impoverishment of classroom language, the failure to cultivate a common vocabulary about inquiry, explanation, argument and problem solving. — David Perkins
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems. — Nelson Rockefeller
He that is down needs fear no fall. — John Bunyan
There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing. — Sarah Josepha Hale
The normal curve is a distribution most appropriate to chance and random activity. Education is a purposeful activity and we seek to have students learn… — Benjamin Bloom
The devotion of thought to an honest achievement makes the achievement possible. Exceptions only confirm this rule, proving that failure is occasioned by a too… — Mary Baker Eddy
Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to… — William Arthur Ward
To condemn someone to death is to surrender; it proves that you failed. You are not able to change him, to change her; you have… — Nhat Hanh
I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the infliction of [death]… — Harry A. Blackmun
Protectionism is the institutionalization of economic failure. — Edward Heath
If we assume that the purpose of the economy is to serve and improve the welfare of the entire body of citizens, the U.S. model… — Edward S. Herman

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