Our Failures Quotes
48 quotes by 42 authors
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It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.
— Havelock Ellis
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We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.
— Jonathan Sacks
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When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them.
— Katherine Mansfield
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We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less…
— C.S. Lewis
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That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our…
— Garth Stein
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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
— Dallas Willard
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Why is it our failures only show us more clearly the people we are failing?
— Leif Enger
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A world where a majority had imbibed the lessons implicit within tragic art would be one in which the consequences of our failures would necessarily…
— Alain de Botton
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History overflows time. Love overflows the allowance of the world. All the vessels overflow, and no end or limit stays put. Every shakable thing has…
— Wendell Berry
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Human beings are the only creatures who are allowed to fail. If an ant fails, it's dead. But we're allowed to learn from our mistakes…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues.
— Madeleine L'Engle
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Knowledge can be a subtle curse. When we learn about the world, we also learn all the reasons why the world cannot be changed. We…
— Jonah Lehrer
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We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but…
— Leo Buscaglia
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When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to…
— Katherine Mansfield
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The institutions of the European Union, and the states that belong to this union, each and every one, are paying the price of our failures,…
— Giorgio Napolitano
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I think we are faced in medicine with the reality that we have to be willing to talk about our failures and think hard about…
— Atul Gawande
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Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to achieve the things we wanted, we look ahead to the…
— Unknown Author
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When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is immense importance to learn to…
— Katherine Mansfield
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Failures in our life are more than likely. It is how and what we learn from our failures and embrace difficult times with enthusiasm.
— Senoraroy
Who Wrote These Our Failures Quotes
42 authors contributed a total of 48 Our Failures Quotes, led by these top contributors: