Failure Quote by John Steinbeck

“​There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that…

— John Steinbeck

“There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that…

— John Steinbeck

“Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place…

— John Steinbeck

“Tragedy, however, is an imitation not only of a complete action, but also of incidents arousing pity and fear.”

— Aristotle

“I divested myself of despair and fear when I came here. Now there is no more catching one's own eye in the mirror, there…

— Jane Kenyon

“There are crimes that are truly uncomely. With crimes, whatever they may be, the more blood, the more horror there is, the more imposing…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.”

— Dante Alighieri

“We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us.…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

“People are always ashamed of the misery that has befallen them, as though it were an act of divine retribution for a long-forgotten sin…

— Pascal Garnier

“We are suffering, all of us, because of the emptiness that surrounds us, that infiltrates between us, that penetrates through us. We are penned…

— Bill Hopkins

“Our tragedy is their beauty. Our pain is their art. The beatific bereavement that is our life captured on a canvas for all the…

— Solange nicole

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable…

— Washington Irving