Fail Quotes

• The evolutionary theory of senescence can be stated as follows: while bodies are not designed to fail, neither are they designed for extended operation.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Theory
  • Fail
  • While

• Prayer is the key to success. Not to pray is to fail. To pray aright is never to fail.

  

  A. C. Dixon
  • Success
  • Pray
  • Fail

• I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Think
  • Everyone
  • Fail

• The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Lose
  • Fail
  • Sage

• I like to paint, I'm absolutely no good at it, but I'm so comfortable with that because it's good for me to have something to fail at.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Good
  • Me
  • Comfortable

• If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.

  

  Ferdinand Porsche
  • Times
  • Fail
  • Himself

• Our primary objective must be to prevent wars, and when we fail in this, we must protect and assist the innocent victims.

  

  Felipe VI of Spain
  • Innocent
  • Protect
  • Fail

• A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • People
  • Work
  • Colleagues

• It is better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed. The result may be the same, but you won't be. We always grow more through defeats than victories.

  

  Soren Kierkegaard
  • Grow
  • Fail
  • Victories

• There are people out there who want me to fail, who want Jude to fail, who want our relationship to fail.

  

  Sadie Frost
  • People
  • Want
  • Relationship

• I'm here to change things so that little girls have someone to look up to. I'm here to fight the eating-disorder battle that millions of people are having and I'm standing up and saying that's not okay. Frankly, I can't fail. I will not fail.

  

  Whitney Thompson
  • Change
  • Someone
  • Standing

• On a film set, for me, there's so much more time to process what's going on than there is on a television set. There's more wiggle room to try things and fail and try again and get to the heart of what's going on in the scene, which is really fun for me. It's what I like to do.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • Time
  • Heart
  • Fun

• I feel that, as an actor, you're constantly working to become better, which I love, but with painting, I can fail on my own terms. There's a freedom in that, so that's why I love to paint.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Freedom
  • Feel
  • Better

• If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Star
  • Win
  • Fail

• No individual can ultimately fail. The Divinity which descends into humanity is bound to re-gain its original state.

  

  Nilakanta Sri Ram
  • Humanity
  • Fail
  • Divinity

• Back when the EPA proposed phasing out ozone-depleting CFCs, the chemical industry howled that refrigerators would fail in America's supermarkets, hospitals and schools.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • America
  • Back
  • Fail

• If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Mind
  • May
  • Control

• Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.

  

  Walter Lippmann
  • Something
  • Will
  • Fail

• Any AI smart enough to pass a Turing test is smart enough to know to fail it.

  

  Ian McDonald Foreigner
  • Smart
  • Fail
  • Test

• If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • You
  • Succeed
  • Fail

• I had a boyfriend who told me I'd never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I'd fail. I said to him, 'Someday, when we're not together, you won't be able to order a cup of coffee at the f***** deli without hearing or seeing me.'

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Never
  • Succeed
  • Boyfriend

• Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.

  

  Joseph J. Ellis
  • Trust
  • Fail
  • Afford

• Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • You
  • Light
  • Fail

• A while ago, I was starting to get bored with my routine, so I tried Spinning and fell in love with it instantly. I go to class three times a week, without fail. I always get there early so I can sit in the front of the studio, and I'm ready to go as soon as the instructor comes in.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Starting
  • Routine
  • Instantly

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