Failing Quote by Julian Baggini Download Open image “We do wrong willfully when we fail to think hard about whether what we're doing is right.” — Julian Baggini ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Failing Failure Hard Thinking
I shall often go wrong through defect of judgment. When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If you think that you always wrong, You can not be right long as you always have it in mind. — Innah Delos Angeles Copy Share Image
Never let us do wrong, because our opponents did so. Let us, rather, by doing right, show them what they ought to have done,… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
We do not determine right or wrong based on what everybody else is doing. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Doing something right for a wrong thing doesn't make it right. wrong is always wrong. We can't make it right. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
“Do we say that one must never willingly do wrong, or does it depend upon the circumstances? Is it true, as we have often… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Making MISTAKES doesn't mean we choose to be on a wrong side all the time. It's learning and experiencing to find out what is… — Aii Em Dianne Copy Share Image
We are trying to correct our life... trying to fit everything right, not to be wrong again. But always remember that being wrong sometimes… — Eihna Copy Share Image
In my religion it's actually better to know you're doing wrong and try to improve that wrong than to think philosophically that what you're… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
You can't be right by doing wrong; you can't be wrong by doing right. — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
I don't think there is ever a direct connection between the philosophical community and the wider populus. I'm very aware of this because I've… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Anger clearly has its proper place at work, which is neither wholly absent nor ever present. The manager who is an emotional blank is… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with it if… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one of the most important in… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I'm not one of these people who is sour about academia. I'm very lucky not to be in academia, but I am an absolute… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“Working out whether or not the claims you make in your premises are true, while important, is simply not enough to ensure that you… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Real life is about accepting ups and downs, the good and the bad, the possibility of failure as well as the ambition to succeed.… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“Philosophy without criticism is like hunting deer without a shotgun, so, if you want people to like you, avoid robust philosophical debate.” — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Looking out over the port of Dover, with the endless steam of boats coming in and out, every British citizen is reminded that belonging… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
If you believe you are right, then you should believe that you can make the case that you're right. This requires you to deal… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“You know what a word means when you know how to use it, not what its definition is. That is why we can understand… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Many individuals spend a considerable portion of their lifetimes in terror of one imagined catastrophe or another. The classic is that your immortal soul… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail? — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
I would warn against holsters with devices for quick-draw. Devices always fail when you need them most. — William Powell Copy Share Image
You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s been a murder in the operating room.… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I wake up every morning fearing I am going to fail. But I love a challenge, big or small. There's so much I want… — Michelle Mone Copy Share Image