Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.
If dysfunction means that a family doesn't work, then every family ambles into some arena in which that happens, where relationships get strained or even break down entirely. We fail each other or disappoint each other. That goes for parents, siblings, kids, marriage partners - the whole enchilada.
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.
We all fail to appreciate each day just how much we already possess. Light, air, freedom, the companionship of friends.
They'll tell you failure is not an option. That is ridiculous, failure is always an option. Failure is the most readily available option at all times. But it's a choice. You can choose to fail or you can choose to succeed.
If you don't fail on a regular basis, you are not trying hard enough.
[Alternative medicine is defined as] that set of practices that cannot be tested, refuse to be tested or consistently fail tests.
THE ONLY REAL FAILURE IS TO FAIL OTHERS.
The soul may ask God for anything, and never fail.
It's good to have obstacles and difficulties, and to fail and have things not go the way you want. And then have to figure out how to keep moving forward.
There are always risks when you chase after a dream because growth requires that you leave your comfort zone and enter unknown territory. But without confronting those risks and facing your fears, you'll never, as Nike says, "Just do it. " Now the truth is, you may fail in some of your efforts, but you will never succeed if you are not willing to risk failure. And even if you do fail, you can learn from the experience and try again. To do that, you will need courage, and you will also need to have faith in your ability to achieve your goals.
With traps and obstacles and hazards confronting us on every hand, only blindness or indifference will fail to turn in all humility, for guidance or for warning, to the study of examples.
When we fail we are merely joining the great parade of humanity that has walked ahead of us and will follow after us.
Achievers rarely, if ever, see a problem as permanent,while those who fail see even the smallest problems as permanent
you plan to fail if you fail to plan
Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh?
. . . we shoved out many hopes and fears into their hands, believing those hands were strong because they had firm handshakes. They failed us, always. There was no way they could not fail us - they were human, and so were we.
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.
Capitalism has always been a failure for the lower classes. It is now beginning to fail for the middle classes.
If the plan is to see what happens, a team is guaranteed to succeed - at seeing what happens - but won't necessarily gain validated learning - If you cannot fail, you cannot learn.