Failing Quotes - Page 25

• Only Jesus Christ is uniquely qualified to provide that hope, that confidence, and that strength we need to overcome the world and rise above our human failings. To do so, we must place our faith in Him and live by His laws and teachings.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Jesus, Teaching, Law

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• To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule- it is a failure to treat God as God.

  Timothy Keller

  Religious, Praying, Break

  Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.23, Penguin

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• You know how sports teach kids teamwork and how to be strong and brave and confident? Improv was my sport. I learned how to not waffle and how to hold a conversation, how to take risks and actually be excited to fail.

  Emma Stone

  Sports, Teamwork, Strong

  "Emma Stone profile: Quotes, photos, videos and selected filmography of BAFTA and Oscar nominee" by Mikey Smith, www.mirror.co.uk. February 04, 2015.

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• Any other foundation will fail, but Christ is a sure and steady rock to build your life on.

  Billy Graham

  Rocks, Foundation, Christ

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• So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn't true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na`im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail. We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols in the heart.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Heart, Blessing, Thinking

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• Education fails unless the Three R's at one end of the school spectrum lead ultimately to the Four P's at the other-Preparati on for Earning, Preparation for Living, Preparation for Understanding, Preparation for Participation in the problems involved in the making of a better world.

  Norman Cousins

  School, Understanding, Preparation

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• When kids know that you refuse to let them fail ... they don't give up as easy. So sometimes they don't have it inside, [but] they're like,'You know, I don't want to do this, but I know my mother's going to be mad.'That matters to kids, and it helps get them through.

  Geoffrey Canada

  Mother, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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• The temples are a refuge from life's storms even a never-failing beacon guiding us to safety.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Safety, Storm, Temples

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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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• My life is my statement and I try to be true to myself and thusly to other people. Whatever my failings are, they are human and I try to perfect it each day.

  William Shatner

  Life, People, Perfect

  Online chat, news.slashdot.org. December 05, 2002.

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• If managing were simple, why do the majority of businesses fail? If physicians had the same success rate as executives, the medical schools would have been shuttered long ago.

  Michael Martin Hammer

  School, Simple, Long Ago

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• Recessions are the best time to start a company. Companies fail. Others hold back capital. If you are willing to do the preparation and work, it is the best time to invest in yourself and start a business.

  Mark Cuban

  Business, Preparation, Invest In Yourself

  Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.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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• I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an artist, because you may not have what the public want at that time, and you have to be prepared for that.

  Cliff Richard

  Christian, Mean, Artist

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• The particular province of the shaman is the province of soul, that which feeds our embodied life, or fails to feed it. From a shamanic point of view, the relationship with animal allies, or animals that show themselves in animal forms, is a vital part of living. We're fully embodied, with full access to our natural soul energy.

  Robert Moss

  Animal, Views, Soul

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• Never mind these failures, these little backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times, and if you fail a thousand times, make the attempt once more.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Mind, Littles, Thousand

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.606, Manonmani Publishers

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• Nobody knows what will work until they try it. Some of comics' biggest success stories in recent years have explored subjects that no one was writing about at the time - stories no one had any reason to think would succeed. My advice? Write what you want to read. You'll have more fun doing it - and if all else fails, you'll always have at least one loyal reader.

  Scott McCloud

  Fun, Writing, Thinking

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• How does the richest country in the history of the world fail to pay its bills?

  Rick Perry

  Country, Doe, World

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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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• Your persistent longing is your persistent voice. But when love grows cold, the heart grows silent. Burning love is the outcry of the heart! If you are filled with longing all the time, you will keep crying out, and if your love perseveres, your cry will be heard without fail.

  Saint Augustine

  Heart, Love Is, Voice

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