Failure Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. If he pushed forward impulsively, he…

— Paulo Coelho

“There was a certain graceful ease and freedom about all he said and did, that gave a sense of repose and expansion to the…

— Anne Brontë

“What made him most anxious, he told me, was not the big questions—the mercilessness of fate, the possibility of heaven. He was too exhausted,…

— Wally Lamb

“Being sure of things in life, he realized, was easy; questioning things was what was hard.”

— K.J. Colt

“He had often felt anguish before, and it would be no wonder if it came at such a moment, when he was preparing, the…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“He had come to that moment in his age when there occurred to him, with increasing intensity, a question of such overwhelming simplicity that…

— John Williams

“The matter had to be settled immediately, without delaying another day, for at times he too felt an imperious need for instant solutions, which…

— Guy de Maupassant

“He just asked questions, especially to begin a conversation, as if he knew nothing. In the course of the discussion he would generally get…

— Jostein Gaarder

“It wasn't by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable; it was by the much harder process of eliminating the…

— Terry Pratchett

“he never allowed himself to think about unpleasant things, which answered very well, and could be supported in times of really inescapable stress by…

— Georgette Heyer

“But now, this time, finally, he felt the anguish and pain thrusting out from deep inside, consciously, knowingly; an emotional agony boiled up within,…

— Anonymous

“There he must, despite the anguish devouring his brain, present a face approximating the one that is associated with ordinary events and companionship. He…

— William Styron