Failing Quotes

A man, if he be active and energetic, can hardly fail also, be he never so selfish, of benefiting the general public interest.

Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.

My faith is the only thing that never fails me.

I will never slide, never fall, never fail.

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.

Failing doesn't have to mean not succeeding.

If you're not failing all the time, you're not creating a situation where you can get lucky.

It's the building of things that makes you happy. You have to enjoy the process whether you succeed or fail.

It is difficult for me to believe that quantum mechanics, working very well for currently practical set-ups, will nevertheless fail badly with improvements in counter efficiency.

When all else fails, fresh tactics!

Only idiots fail to contradict themselves three times a day.

A business model that relies on trickery is doomed to fail.

Preach the gospel wherever you can; when all else fails use words.

If you don't fail on a regular basis, you are not trying hard enough.

Because of Jesus' finished work of the cross, He will never be angry with you nor rebuke you even when you fail.

Failing can provide invaluable lessons and making mistakes and experiencing setbacks is part of the DNA of every successful entrepreneur.

When an airplane's engines fail, it is not the end of the flight.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

Avoid failing, not only against purity, but even against the least rules of an exact modesty.

You cannot fail. You can only get results.

More strategies fail because they are overripe than because they are premature.

Success is a poor teacher. We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don't be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You cannot have success without failure.

People don't plan to fail. They fail to plan.

The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed - socialism doesn't work.

It's bad when you fail morally. It's worse when you don't repent.

We must learn to give ourselves permission to blunder, to fail, and to make fools of ourselves every day for the rest of our lives. We do so in any case.

Nothing fails like success when you rely on it too much.

Everything seems stupid when it fails.

People who fail to accumulate money, without exception, have the habit of reaching decisions, if at all, very slowly, and of changing these decisions quickly and often.

Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience.

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.

According to the 'food waste pyramid', ensuring that food is eaten by people is the top priority. Failing that, the next best thing is to feed it to farm animals.

Those who have not found the heaven below, will fail of it above.

To fail to love is not to exist at all.

The people I know who seem to make unusual efforts at rationality, are unusually honest, or, failing that, at least have unusually bad social skills.

If you aren't afraid to fail, then you probably don't care enough about success.

Compared with the awesome might and eternal power of the ocean, no human being can fail to be reminded of their own insignificance.

Suppose you should fail. Is that so terrible? Not to have tried is a worse failure.

I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.

I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight

The lead either forges an instant connection with the reader, or the package fails.

People come up with resolutions that don’t reflect what matters most to them, and that makes them almost guaranteed to fail.

The great thing about Los Angeles is that you can get so much money in this town by constantly failing. You can get a lot of television deals that don't go anywhere, but you still get paid.

There's no disgrace in failing, lad, Though friends and foes deride; In fact, a failure's not so bad As never having tried.

In taking life for granted, we fail to notice it.

One ends up relying on pure musical inspiration, and failing that, the music won't lead to anything good, or it will alienate all but the most die-hard fans.

Are you wrestling faster than the audience can process? The answer to that question is often times yes. If that is true, then you are failing.

If a person weren't failing in some way, shape or form, would he or she need to blame, justify, or complain? The obvious answer is no.

A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.

Socialism failed because it couldn't tell the economic truth. Capitalism may fail because it couldn't tell the ecological truth.