They Fail Quotes

119 quotes by 98 authors

They fail to recognize the broad biological principle that organic material is constantly being recycled. Everything has a time of being - a birth, a… — Dixie Lee Ray
You need to learn what people have done, but you need to learn where they have failed... Usually when they fail it is in the… — Colin Powell
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
But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they… — Fareed Zakaria
The reason so many people fail to achieve success is because they fail to fail enough times. — Robert Kiyosaki
Everybody who is somebody becomes nobody the moment they fail — Amy Harmon
Hedge funds are investment pools that are relatively unconstrained in what they do. They are relatively unregulated (for now), charge very high fees, will not… — Cliff Asness
In all human love it must be realized that every man promises a woman, and every woman promises a man that which only God alone… — Fulton J. Sheen
People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward — Thomas A. Edison
If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you… — Francesco Guicciardini
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is… — Joseph Sugarman
I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if we enjoy it, we naturally wants to receive it. And… — Saint John Chrysostom
If you are going to make companies, corporations, actually responsible for the safety of other people's lives, then if they fail in their duty, the… — Nina Bawden
The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests. — David Deutsch
People are afraid to think, or they don't know how. They fail to realize that, while emotions can't be suppressed, the mind can be strengthened.… — Eric Gutkind
Sweet April! many a thought Is wedded unto thee, as hearts are wed; Nor shall they fail, till, to its autumn brought, Life's golden fruit… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write. — Diana Trilling
We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time and energy to… — Theodore Roosevelt
The important thing about security systems isnâ€™t how they work, itâ€™s how they fail. — Cory Doctorow
People often ask themselves the right questions. Where they fail is in answering the questions they ask themselves, and even there they do not fail… — William Maxwell

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