They Fail Quotes

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Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism, as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking. — Charles Caleb Colton
They fail, and they alone, who have not striven. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information theory, what do… — Richard Hamming
Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole… — Gerald Vann
The Muslims have got Islam as a legacy, hence they fail to recognize its value — Marmaduke Pickthall
Always let your subordinates know that the honor will be all theirs if they succeed and the blame will be yours if they fail. — Abraham Lincoln
The capitalist system of production is an economic democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote. The consumers are the sovereign people. The… — Ludwig von Mises
The culture of prosperity deadens us; we are thrilled if the market offers us something new to purchase; and in the meantime all those lives… — Pope Francis
We Jews have put issue upon issue to the American people. Then we promote both sides of the issue as confusion reigns. With their eye's… — Harold Wallace Rosenthal
I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of… — David Guterson
It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of… — Chinua Achebe
Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try. — George Foreman
People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases… — Napoleon Hill
When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to… — Frank Herbert
Few ideas are in themselves practical. It is for want of imagination in applying them that they fail. The creative process does not end with… — John D. Arnold
The lower animals, on the other hand, must have their bodily structure modified in order to survive under greatly changed conditions. They must be rendered… — Charles Darwin
The guys who take shortcuts, who aren't ready, they fail when their opportunity comes — Tom Thibodeau
Most people don't plan to fail, they fail to plan. — John J. Beckley
Startups donâ€™t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model. — Steve Blank

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