Quotes by Failure In all failures, the beginning is certainly the half of the whole. George Eliot failure half losing The confirmed man of trout should resolve to get along with wood ticks. Any other procedure would fail because the wood tick is determined to get along with trout fishermen. Gordon MacQuarrie failure fishing men Our country's honor calls upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion; and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. George Washington failure honor country Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no joy without sorrow. O the folly of expecting lasting felicity in a vale of tears, or a paradise in a ruined world. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing adversity failure pain It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail. Gore Vidal envy failure political The trouble with Christianity is, not that its failed, but that it's never been tried . . . not that it can't remake the world, but that it's difficult. Gilbert K. Chesterton failure trouble world Failure too is a form of death. Graham Greene failure form death No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes. Greil Marcus betrayal failure simple Both my marriages were failures! Number one departed, and number two stayed Gustav Mahler failure numbers two The path of least resistance is the path of the loser. H. G. Wells failure goal inspirational Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him. George Bernard Shaw failure ideas son Time after time ... today's crisis shrinks to next week's footnote to a newly headline disaster. Hal Borland failure today next-week Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it. Hank Aaron bed-of-roses failure wisdom The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil. H. L. Mencken failure taken children I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the particular day was the best player. But I know when I see him again, I'm going to be ready for his curve ball. Failure is a part of success. Hank Aaron bed-of-roses failure player If your life is free of failures, you're not taking enough risks. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. failure learning teaching Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements. Hans Selye depressing failure past It isn't the Lord who withholds himself from us. It is we who withhold ourselves from him because of our failure to keep his commandments. Harold B. Lee commandments failure lord Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be. Harriet Beecher Stowe common-sense failure success If you're going to define me properly, you must think in terms of my failures as well as my successes. Harrison Ford failure success thinking «1112131415161718192021»