We Failed Quotes
37 quotes by 35 authors
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My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would…
— Sara Blakely
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We did everything we could to win this game on a tricky pitch. We created a lot of opportunities but between the posts and Bonano,…
— Frank Rijkaard
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We hold the future in our hands, together, we must ensure that our grandchildren will not have to ask why we failed to do the…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Did we put our kids in 0.5-mile-per-gallon (mpg) tanks and 17 feet per gallon aircraft carriers because we failed to put them in 32-mpg cars?
— Hunter Lovins
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Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved?
— Jeff Goodell
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The raging fire which urged us on was scorching us; it would have burned us had we failed to restrain it.
— Giacomo Casanova
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Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison,…
— Peter Benenson
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When I was a child, my father used to encourage my brother and me to fail. At the dinner table, instead of asking about the…
— Sara Blakely
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As I presided over Massie's execution, I thought about the abuse and neglect he endured as a child in the foster care system. We failed…
— Jeanne Woodford
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Often, our most rewarding dreams are staring us right in the face, but for some reason we focus on how hard things are, how we…
— Joel Brown
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I led the fight for the Clinton health care plan in 1994. We failed. I learned from that experience. What I learned is you can't…
— Dick Gephardt
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Eternity is a constant learning process. It will be another grade, another step, a chance to do what we failed to do before and to…
— David Berg
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We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.
— Robert E. Lee
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The memory of that event has only just come back to me, now doubly painful: regret for a vanished past and, above all, remorse for…
— Jean-Dominique Bauby
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After she left everything fell apart. No Jew was safe. There were rumors of unfathomable things, and because we couldn't fathom them we failed to…
— Nicole Krauss
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The reality of the Life Review is becoming part of our every day understanding. We know that after death, we have to look at our…
— James Redfield
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Isana felt her throat tighten. "We failed." Serai lifted her chin and patted Isana's arm firmly. "We have not yet succeeded. There is a difference.
— Jim Butcher
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Edward's grief if you die will be a terrible thing. It will hurt him, a lot, and men like him never grieve alone. He will…
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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It's a shame we can't just admit that we failed family living, sell the house, split up the money, and get on with our lives.
— Laurie Halse Anderson
Who Wrote These We Failed Quotes
35 authors contributed a total of 37 We Failed Quotes, led by these top contributors: