Failing Quotes - Page 3

• A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

  John Burroughs

  Inspirational, Positive, Running

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• The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above the interests of one class alone.

  Robert Heilbroner

  Government, Class, Rise Above

  Robert L. Heilbroner (1986). “The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers”

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• Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Reflection, Creating, Way

  Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.262, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing

  Gavin DeGraw

  Work Out, Dating, Ifs

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• But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.

  Stuart Pearce

  Giving, Preparation, Lines

  "Past masters learn how to save a sinking football club", www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2004.

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• Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Ideas, Realizing, Boundaries

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• 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.

  Boris Vian

  Inspiration, Musical, Fans

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• I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.

  Julie Taymor

  Believe, Interesting, Challenges

  "Transforming the World through Art". Academy of Achievement Interview, June 3, 2006.

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• I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools.

  John Engler

  School, Wish, Detroit

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• You know, Hoosiers recognize pork when we see it. And they recognize what bailing out every failing business in America means - We're burying generations under a mountain range of debt.

  Mike Pence

  Mean, Mountain Ranges, America

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• ...we should always act as if it were impossible to fail.

  Eric Butterworth

  Fear, Failure, Impossible

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• I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.

  Vince McMahon

  Hate, Wwe, Not Afraid

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• I know if I don't tour people will forget the record and you run a high risk of the record failing.

  Daniel Johns

  Running, Journey, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• By failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Bush administration would allow New Jersey projects to deteriorate and make New Jersey highways and bridges less safe.

  Bob Menendez

  Bridges, Aggravation, Safe

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• We must not condemn to frustration those whose job it is to protect us by failing to provide them with the necessary resources to meet the threats they face.

  Joe Lieberman

  Jobs, Frustration, Faces

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• Most men fail, not through lack of education or agreeable personal qualities, but from lack of dogged determination, from lack of dauntless will.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Determination, Failure, Men

  "An Iron Will, He Can Who Thinks He Can & Pushing To The Front".

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• If you're not failing, you're not trying anything.

  Woody Allen

  Failure, Trying, Learning From Mistakes

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• Learn how to fail intelligently.

  Charles Kettering

  Failure

  Charles Franklin Kettering (1961). “Prophet of progress: selections from the speeches of Charles F. Kettering”

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• I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts.

  Anni-Frid Lyngstad

  Records

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• Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Leadership, Business, Failure

  "Wisdom, Honor & Hope: The Inner Path to True Greatness". Book by Cecil O. Kemp, Jr., May 1, 2000.

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• Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

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• Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

  George Soros

  Mistake, Failure, Understanding

  George Soros, Byron Wien, Krisztina Koenen (1995). “Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve”, p.11, John Wiley & Sons

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• Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.

  Paula Abdul

  Friendship, Best Friend, Successful

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• If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

  Woody Allen

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Shakespeare, Woody Allen And A Certain Qantas A380" by Christine Negroni, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 23, 2012.

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• Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.

  Jose Bergamin

  Littles, Succeed

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