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Quotes About Failure

ideology. . . is an instrument of power; a defense mechanism against information; a pretext for eluding moral constraints in doing or approving evil with a clean conscience; and finally, a way of banning the criterion of experience, that is, of completely eliminating or indefinitely postponing the pragmatic criteria of success and failure. —Jean-François Revel1
~ Thomas Sowell
If you are not prepared to undergo the extended toil and sacrifice that some particular endeavor may require, then despite having all the native potential for great success in that endeavor, and with all the doors of opportunity wide open, you can nevertheless become an utter failure.
~ Thomas Sowell
That educators who have repeatedly failed to do what they are hired to do, and trained to do, should take on sweeping roles as amateur psychologists, sociologists, and social philosophers seems almost inexplicable—except that they are doing it with other people's money and experimenting on other people's children. There
~ Thomas Sowell
Put bluntly, failure attracts more money than success. Politically, failure becomes a reason to demand more money...
~ Thomas Sowell
Las personas cometen errores en todos los ámbitos del emprendimiento humano, pero cuando se cometen grandes errores en una economía competitiva, aquellos que estuvieron equivocados pueden ser forzados a salir del mercado por las pérdidas resultantes.
~ Thomas Sowell
To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.
~ Katherine Mansfield
When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them.
~ Katherine Mansfield
Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right. MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN
~ Katherine Woodward Thomas
When human relationships fail . . . they fail because they were entered into for the wrong reason. —Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God, Book 1
~ Katherine Woodward Thomas
My girl, there are three kinds of people in the world: the outstanding, the mediocre, and the truly hopeless.
~ Kathleen O'Neal Gear
To sin. To miss the mark ... We try and we fail, like archers who aim for the target but fall short of the mark. When you are older and have swum out into the stream of life, you'll see- there are no 'good' people, little girl. We're all trying and failing, trying too hard and failing too often. Remember that. We shouldn't judge too harshly, in the end, the sins of others ... Sometimes I think the only things we have in common with one another are our shortcomings.
~ Kathleen Tessaro
When you are older and have swum out into the stream of life, you'll see - there are no 'good' people, little girl. We're all trying and failing, trying too hard and failing too often. Remember that. We shouldn't judge too harshly, in the end, the sins of others.
~ Kathleen Tessaro
When you are older and have swum out into the stream of life, you'll see – there are no "good" people, little girl. We're all trying and failing, trying too hard and failing too often. Remember that. We shouldn't judge too harshly, in the end, the sins of others.
~ Kathleen Tessaro
Paulette shook her head and sighed. In her world Grace had failed to meet the responsibility of her own beauty. This was not just a waste but a sin.
~ Kathleen Tessaro
We're all trying and failing, trying too hard and failing too often. Remember that. We shouldn't judge too harshly, in the end, the sins of others.
~ Kathleen Tessaro
We try and we fail, like archers who aim for the target but fall short of the mark.' ... 'When you are older and have swum out into the stream of life, you'll see -- there are no "good" people, little girl. We're all trying and failing, trying too hard and failing too often. Remember that. We shouldn't judge too harshly, in the end, the sins of others.
~ Kathleen Tessaro
We try and fail, like archers who aim for the target but fall short of the mark.' Eva watched as she removed the lace shawl. 'When you are older and have swum out into the stream of life, you'll see – there are no "good" people, little girl. We're all trying and failing, trying too hard and failing too often. Remember that. We shouldn't judge too harshly, in the end, the sins of others.
~ Kathleen Tessaro
Very few of us relate to what it's like to be a hero. But everyone understands what it's like to fail.
~ Kathleen Tessaro
Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses. —George Washington Carver scientist
~ Kathryn Petras
Two sure ways to fail: Think and never do or do and never think.
~ Kathy Collins
Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you're still trying, keep it up! You're right on track.
~ Kathy Collins
Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit. - Les Brown
~ Kathy Collins
Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you're still trying, keep it up! You're right on track. - Matthew Keith Groves Life
~ Kathy Collins
Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit. - Les Brown An
~ Kathy Collins