We Fail Quotes
230 quotes by 202 authors
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God! how is it that we fail to recognize that the mask of pleasure, stripped of all hypocrisy, is that of anguish?
— Georges Bernanos
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Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to be wrong, when…
— Robert Kennedy
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Perhaps the sexual life is the great test. If we can survive it with charity to those we love and with affection to those we…
— Graham Greene
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I wish I could've lived my life without making any wrong turns. But that's impossible. A path like that doesn't exist. We fail. We trip.…
— Natsuki Takaya
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Here, then, is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult…
— R C Sproul
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And if we fail? (Delphine) It’ll suck to be human. (Madoc)
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I’ve been rereading your story. I think it’s about me in a way that might not be flattering, but that’s okay. We dream and dream…
— Richard Siken
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I've wondered, though, if one of the reasons we fail to acknowledge the brilliance of life is because we don't want the responsibility inherent in…
— Donald Miller
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Zia turned toward us, her expression grim. “I will show you to your quarters. In the morning, your testing begins. We will see what magic…
— Rick Riordan
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For how long could we fail until we surrendered?
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we…
— Ronald Reagan
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The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We use this word…
— Sam Harris
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The problem of unmet expectations in marriage is primarily a problem of stereotyping. Each and every human being on this planet is a unique person.…
— M. Scott Peck
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If there is no fate and our interactions depend on such a complex system of chance encounters, what potentially important connections do we fail to…
— Simon Pegg
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The diet industry is making a lot of money selling us fad diets, nonfat foods full of chemicals, gym memberships, and pills while we lose…
— Portia de Rossi
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There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail - should we fall - we will know that we…
— Steven Erikson
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It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these jokers don't even…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We…
— Nhat Hanh
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Our view of man will remain superficial so long as we fail to go back to that origin [of silence], so long as we fail…
— Maurice Merleau-Ponty
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We must allow ourselves to think, we must dare to think, even though we fail. It is in the nature of things that we always…
— Thomas Bernhard
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