Failing Quotes - Page 16

• Warning: we may become so enamored with God's good gifts that we fail to worship the Giver.

  A. B. Simpson

  Warning, May, Worship

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• Me fail English? That's unpossible.

  Matt Groening

  "Fictional character: Ralph". "The Simpsons" ("Lisa on Ice"), November 13, 1994.

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• God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand that never fails

  Charles Spurgeon

  Writing, Hands, Tongue

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (2016). “Treasury of David”, p.1111, Bible Study Steps

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• Sometimes you have an idea that is so simple that you can't see how it can fail. But in learning, being right is not always the quickest way to success

  Donald Clark

  Inspirational, Learning, Simple

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• Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what I am.

  Emma Thompson

  Laughter, Celebration, Clown

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• Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the importunity of the widow inclined a wicked and unjust judge to grant her petition (cf. Lk. 18:1 ff.). The Lord gave this parable for a special purpose ? to teach us not to faint, but to pray patiently. If an unjust judge was persuaded to grant the petition of the widow, how can God fail to incline His ear to our prayers, if we persist in imploring Him since He is the essence of lovingkindness?

  Lorenzo Scupoli

  Christian, Prayer, Humble

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• I don't like failing at anything.

  Liam McIntyre

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

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• Most horror films fail to scare me. I think 'The Ring' plays more as a psychological thriller. It's smarter, there's more character development and some of the themes explored go a little deeper.

  Martin Henderson

  Character, Thinking, Play

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

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• One of kindness and integrity. I know I fail constantly, but I’m working towards being a reliable and worthy contributor to the world.

  Caitlin Stasey

  Kindness, Integrity, World

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• Those who stand in the way of virtue shall fail!

  Liu Bei

  Way, Virtue

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• Do not fail, as you go on, to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will be well worthwhile, and it will do you a world of good.

  Cennino Cennini

  Art, Drawing, Sketching

  c.1400 Il Libro dell' Arte ('The Craftsman's Handbook').

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• We shouldn't be afraid to fail- if we are not failing we are not pushing.

  Jonathan Ive

  Design, Pushing, Afraid To Fail

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• Few relationships are as critical to the business enterprise as the relationship to the government. Managers have responsibility for this relationship as part of their responsibility to the enterprise itself. It is an area of social impact of the business. To a large extent the relationship to government results from what businesses do or fail to do.

  Peter Drucker

  Responsibility, Government, Lobbyists

  "Management".

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• It's hard to see how anyone can fail to care about innocent children and animals being blown up by landmines.

  Twiggy

  Children, Animal, Care

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• Ugly reports and conversations are always available to those who would promote the sordid and sensational. None of us are yet perfect. We each have failings that aren't terribly difficult to detect especially if that is the aim.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Perfect, Gossip, Ugly

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• I think it's really important to be kind, especially to people whose lives are grim - I try hard to cheer people up in as many ways as I can - if all else fails - I tell 'em a joke!

  Jo Brand

  Cheer, Thinking, People

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• A wholesome sense of humor will be a safety valve that will enable you to apply the lighter touch to heavy problems and to learn some lessons in problem solving that "sweat and tears" often fail to dissolve.

  Hugh B. Brown

  Humor, Sweat, Safety

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• The reality that is present to us and in us: call it being...Silence. And the simple fact that by being attentive, by learning to listen (or recovering the natural capacity to listen) we can find ourself engulfed in such happiness that it cannot be explained: the happiness of being at one with everything in that hidden ground of Love for which there can be no explanations.... May we all grow in grace and peace, and not neglect the silence that is printed in the center of our being. It will not fail us.

  Thomas Merton

  Simple, Reality, Silence

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• If politics and business fail us, of course the military will be called in. In the developing world, the massive and repeated ecological disasters are quite commonly met by the military.

  Bruce Sterling

  Military, World, Politics

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• Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before reaching forty.

  Al Neuharth

  Failure, Way, Reaching

  "USA Today founder Al Neuharth dies in Florida at 89". www.foxnews.com. April 19, 2013.

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• Unfortunately, they develop a fixed mindset that they're the most talented, and they think that continued success is a right. Problems arise because pure talent only works as long as the going is easy. Furthermore, they don't take risks because failure would harm their image of being the best, brightest, and most talented. When they do fail, they deny it or attribute it to anything but their shortcomings.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Success, Business, Thinking

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• No scientist is admired for failing in the attempt to solve problems that lie beyond his competence. ... Good scientists study the most important problems they think they can solve. It is, after all, their professional business to solve problems, not merely to grapple with them.

  Peter Medawar

  Lying, Science, Thinking

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• Whereas Iraq has consistently breached its cease-fire agreement between Iraq and the United States, entered into on March 3, 1991, by failing to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction program, and refusing to permit monitoring and verification by United Nations inspections; Whereas Iraq has developed weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and biological capabilities, and has made positive progress toward developing nuclear weapons capabilities

  Tom Harkin

  Agreement, Iraq, Fire

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• All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Democracy, Usual, Terrorism

  Margaret Thatcher (1989). “The revival of Britain: speeches on home and European affairs, 1975-1988”

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• They were the triumphant and insolent possessors; they had a hall, and a fire, and food and clothing and money, and so they might preach to hungry men, and the hungry men must be humble and listen. They were trying to save their souls- and who but a fool could fail to see that all that was the matter with their souls was that they had not managed to get a decent existence for their bodies?

  Upton Sinclair

  Humble, Men, Fire

  Upton Sinclair (2016). “The Jungle”, p.260, First Avenue Editions

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