Best 1227 quotes in «failing quotes» category

A business model that hasn't been tried before is always interesting, even if it's likely to fail.

A business model that relies on trickery is doomed to fail.

A citizen who casts his ballot without having to the best of his abilities studied as much economics as he can fails in his civic duties.

Addiction is a brain disease - this isn't a moral failing - and we have got to stop looking at it that way.

A failing state cannot stop a revolution whose time has come.

A father is a man who fails every day.

A Gallagher Girl's real grades don’t come in pass or fail—they're measured in life or death.

A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.

A good corroborating chain, if they fail in the last link, the whole will fall to the ground.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

All calculations based on experience elsewhere, fail in New Mexico.

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people.

Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.

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

All varieties of interference with the market phenomena not only fail to achieve the ends aimed at by their authors and supporters, but bring about a state of affairs which - from the point of view of their authors and advocates valuations - is less desirable than the previous state of affairs which they were designed to alter.

A lot of us grew up in public. That often means that you have to fail in public too.

A man can fail, but he isn't a failure until he blames someone else.

America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail.

American [public] schools are failing because they are organized according to a bureaucratic, monopolistic model; their organizing principle is basically the same as that of a socialist economy.

A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing: our helper He amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing.

An army of lovers shall not fail.

A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.

And don't forget: time is meant to be wasted, love fails and death is useless.

And did I pass?" The face of the old woman on my right was unreadable in the gathering dusk. On my left the younger woman said, "You don't pass or fail at being a person, dear.

And if we fail? (Delphine) It’ll suck to be human. (Madoc)

And if after all this you eventually fail; don't take it personal. Don't be ashamed to start all over again.

And what if I fail?" "Ah! Then you'll have a story to tell.

An eagerness and zeal for dispute on every subject, and with every one, shows great self-sufficiency, that never-failing sign of great self-ignorance.

A never-failing way to get rid of a fellow is to tell him something for his own good.

Any anti-bullying scheme, initiative or policy which fails to mention accountability for the bullies is likely to meet with little, and often no, success

Any approach that doesn't acknowledge the Palestinians' legitimate rights is doomed to fail. That also applies to any strategy that ignores the fact that Hamas is a part of the Palestinian resistance.

Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.

Anyone familiar with the marvels of the Worldwide Web can hardly fail to see that we have entered a new era in communications on a scale perhaps comparable to the invention of the Gutenberg press.

Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.

Anything I’ve ever attempted, I was always willing to fail.

Any time you try to create an Internet meme, automatic fail. That's like the worst thing you can do.

A personal belief is that if you're not personally invested in what you're working on, you'll fail.

A person who refuses to risk change fails to grow.

Apologies are not pass/fail.

Applaud us when we prevail, correct us when we fail; but, above all, do not let this indispensable, irreplaceable institution wither, languish or perish as a result of Member States' indifference, inattention or financial starvation.

Arm chair warriors often fail.

Are you wrestling faster than the audience can process? The answer to that question is often times yes. If that is true, then you are failing.

Armchair warriors often fail - and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales

As Africans, we need to share common recognition that all of us stand to lose if we fail to transform our continent.

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail...Say what you are. Not what you would like to be. Not what you have to be. Just say what you are. And what you are is good enough.

As an entrepreneur, you have to be OK with failure. If you're not failing, you're likely not pushing yourself hard enough.

As a tactic, violence is absurd. No one can compete with the Government in violence, and the resort to violence, which will surely fail, will simply frighten and alienate some who can be reached, and will further encourage the ideologists and administrators of forceful repression.

As a writer, you have control: You can play around with your own thoughts and when you find those insufficient, draw upon others': their wisdom, their humor, their failings.

As for His failing you, never dream of it -- hate the thought of it. The God who has been sufficient until now, should be trusted to the end.