I Failed Quotes
130 quotes by 122 authors
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Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
— Scott Adams
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I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from women, usually…
— Julie Burchill
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I failed to make the chess team because of my height.
— Woody Allen
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I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.
— Kirstie Alley
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Pre-season was very challenging with the African Championships on my continent. Unfortunately, I failed to qualify for the Games there. It was an emotional moment…
— Benjamin Boukpeti
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It doesn't matter if I failed. At least I passed the concept on to others. Even if I don't succeed, someone will succeed.
— Jack Ma
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I didn't quit football because I failed a drug test, I failed a test because I was ready to quite football.
— Tom Arnold
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School failed me, and I failed the school. It bored me. The teachers behaved like Feldwebel (sergeants). I wanted to learn what I wanted to…
— Albert Einstein
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I don't like to give the sob story: growing up in a single-parent home, never knew my father, my mother never worked, and when friends…
— Eminem
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I'm from East Sheen, I went to public school where I learned Latin at the age of nine, and certain expectations were made of me…
— Tom Hardy
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I'm glad that I lost, I'm glad that I failed, I'm glad that I felt that way and decided to do something about it.I never…
— Joe Manganiello
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I was hopeless at high school - I failed everything but Latin....
— Keanu Reeves
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I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas,…
— Dianne Wiest
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And among academicians, and among spirits. I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it. No doubt there was…
— Philip Pullman
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How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
— Teresa of Avila
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Last time I failed is when I fell in love with distractions.
— Lil B
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Perhaps I failed, but I did my best, These masters of mine may do the rest.
— Nikola Tesla
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I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.
— Abraham Lincoln
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I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, ‘OK, I’m looking back on my life. I want to minimise the number of…
— Jeff Bezos
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For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand…
— Rita Dove
Who Wrote These I Failed Quotes
122 authors contributed a total of 130 I Failed Quotes, led by these top contributors: