When Things Go Wrong Quotes

• The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

  Robert Bloch

  Funny, Smile, Hilarious

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• We don't learn much when everything goes right. We learn the most when things go wrong.

  Simon Sinek

  Twitter post from Jun 19, 2009

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• When things go wrong, you'll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better.

  C. S. Lewis

  Get Better, Goes On

  C. S. Lewis (2013). “The Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection with Bonus Book: Boxen”, p.102, Harper Collins

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• When things go wrong, don't go with them.

  Elvis Presley

  Life, Positive, Perseverance

  Elvis Presley (2007). “Elvis: Inspirations”, p.16, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Positive, Basketball

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• People expect me to cry, but I always laugh when things go wrong.

  Christina Aguilera

  People, Laughing, Cry

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• Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Break Up, Broken Heart, Meaningful

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

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• When things go right, I read. When things go wrong, I read more.

  Sara Nelson

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• Our whole system of government is based on "We the people," but if we the people don't pay attention to what's going on, we have no right to bellyache or squawk when things go wrong.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, People, Citizens

  Ronald Reagan (2011). “An American Life: An Enhanced eBook with CBS Video: The Autobiography”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Funny Life, Cheer Up, Littles

  FaceBook post by Sophie Kinsella from Dec 07, 2012

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• Sometimes things have to go wrong in order to go right.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Adversity, Order, Sometimes

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Kiss of the Night”, p.176, Macmillan

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• You learn more when things go wrong.

  David E. Kelley

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• The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Honesty, Good Life, Real

  Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane (1988). “A Little House sampler”, Univ of Nebraska Pr

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• Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you're capable of.

  Paul Arden

  Responsibility, People, Appreciate

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• There are very few things in the mind which eat up as much energy as worry. It is one of the most difficult things not to worry about anything. Worry is experienced when things go wrong, but in relation to past happenings it is idle merely to wish that they might have been otherwise. The frozen past is what it is, and no amount of worrying is going to make it other than what it has been. But the limited ego-mind identifies itself with its past, gets entangled with it and keeps alive the pangs of frustrated desires.

  Meher Baba

  Past, Worry, Ego

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• When things go wrong, this is what you should do. Make good art.

  Neil Gaiman

  Art, Should, When Things Get Tough

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• When things go wrong, I just think: It's part of the journey.

  Kenny Wallace

  Journey, Thinking

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• If we have goals and dreams and we want to do our best, and if we love people and we don’t want to hurt them or lose them, we should feel pain when things go wrong. The point isn’t to live without any regrets, the point is to not hate ourselves for having them… We need to learn to love the flawed, imperfect things that we create, and to forgive ourselves for creating them. Regret doesn’t remind us that we did badly — it reminds us that we know we can do better.

  Kathryn Schulz

  Dream, Hurt, Regret

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• I always tell my employees, the busier it gets, the slower you should cook. When you run around like a crazy person, that's when things go wrong.

  Michael Symon

  Running, Crazy, Should

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• For all my good intentions, there are days when things go wrong or I fall into old habits. When things are not going well, when I'm grumpy or mad, I'll realize that I've not been paying attention to my soul and I've not been following my best routine.

  Robert Fulghum

  Fall, Old Habits, Mad

  "Handbook for the Soul". Book edited by Benjamin Shield and Richard Carlson, 1995.

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• It sounds funny, but my biggest fear is that I'm not perfect. I'm a perfectionist, and I get upset when things go wrong or when I don't do well. I used to be very uptight, but I've learned to loosen up.

  Nick Jonas

  Perfect, Upset, Uptight

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

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• A leader should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong.

  Simon Sinek

  Responsibility, Leader, Credit

  Twitter post from Jul 03, 2013

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• The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.

  Douglas Adams

  Funny, Engineering, Differences

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.691, Pan Macmillan

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• My father taught me a good lesson: Don't get to low when things go wrong. And don't get too high when things are good.

  Robert Parish

  Funny, Father, Taught

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• When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Strong, Children, Impact

  "Iain Duncan Smith outlines yardsticks for success of social justice policy" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2012.

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