Quotes having the keyword Fail
It is difficult to imagine how any behavior in the presence of another person can avoid being a communication of one's own view of the nature of one's relationship with that person and how it can fail to influence that person.
by Paul Watzlawick (Psychologist, Austrian , born in 1921) keywords: another, any, avoid, behavior, being, communication, difficult, fail, how, imagine, influence, nature, own, person, presence, relationship , view On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.
by Eberhard Weber (Musician, German , born in 1940) keywords: awful, because, biographies, closer, conduct, conductors, dictator, enough, fail, famous, give, hand, orchestra, other, person, pretty, private, read, realize, relationships, requires, their, these , thought Intuition makes much of it; I mean by this the faculty of seeing a connection between things that in appearance are completely different; it does not fail to lead us astray quite often.
by Andre Weil (Mathematician, French , born in 1906) keywords: appearance, astray, between, completely, connection, different, does, faculty, fail, intuition, lead, makes, mean, much, often, quite, seeing, things , us A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail.
by Paul Wellstone (Politician, American , born in 1944) keywords: arrogant, circumstances, concerns, deserves, does, fail, include, intellectually, lives, politics, sensitive , speak There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
by Elie Wiesel (Novelist, American , born in 1928) keywords: fail, injustice, may, must, never, powerless, prevent, protest, time , times The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it.
by Simon Wiesenthal (Activist, Austrian , born in 1908) keywords: church, denial, fail, forgiveness, generation, hear, home, new, older, parents, refuses, schools, silence, tell, their, through , would I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.
by Wendell L. Wilkie (Lawyer, American , born in 1892) keywords: cause, day, fail, know, lose, rather, some, than, triumph, will , would When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
by Venus Williams (Athlete, American , born in 1980) keywords: anything, fail, lose, mistakes, more, motivated, probably, see, tell, win , your If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
by E. O. Wilson (Scientist, American , born in 1929) keywords: alone, another, committed, effort, endeavor, fail, failure, find, forgiven, honorable, humanism, imperative, lost, memorable, moral, provided, quest, successful, those, way, whether , will Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
by Oprah Winfrey (Entertainer, American , born in 1954) keywords: again, better, cannot, fail, high, moment, mount, never, only, own, second, thing, think, those, time, try, tumble, wire , your After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my heart was frequently turned to the Lord with inward breathings for his heavenly support, that I might not fail to follow him wheresoever he might lead me.
by John Woolman (Clergyman, American , born in 1720) keywords: after, attended, fail, follow, frequently, given, go, had, heart, heavenly, him, his, inward, journey, lead, lord, might, often, sadness, support, thoughts, times, turned, unusual, up, were , which We Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example - particularly in times that require careful deliberation before any precipitous action - lest we fail to walk in the shoes of those we might injure.
by Peter Yarrow (Musician, American , born in 1938) keywords: action, americans, any, before, careful, deliberation, example, fail, injure, lead, leaders, lest, might, must, particularly, require, shoes, those, times, walk , world We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.
by Shigeru Yoshida (Politician, Japanese , born in 1878) keywords: dedicated, democracy, expectations, fail, freedom, nation, new, peace, us, will , your But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.
by Fareed Zakaria (Journalist, American , born in 1964) keywords: expensive, fail, international, life, noted, once, promises, scholar, succeed, things, thomas, threats, two , very
