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To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule- it is a failure to treat God as God.
Timothy KellerRead
We have to ask ourselves if we have become so focused on supporting personal choices that we're failing to encourage women to aspire to leadership.
Sheryl SandbergRead
We are all at risk of something. Of ending up exactly where we began, of failing to imagine and find and know and actualize who we could be. The only difference is the distance of the leap.
Cheryl StrayedRead
Try something. And never be afraid to fail. That failure is useful too. It's just another building block.
Ricky GervaisRead
Blot out, correct, insert, refine, enlarge, diminish, interline. Be mindful, when invention fails. To scratch your head and bite your nails.
Jonathan SwiftRead
When you desire the common good, the whole world desires with you. Make humanity's desire your own and work for it. There you cannot fail.
Sri Nisargadatta MaharajRead
Do not have an attitude, open yourself and focus yourself and express yourself. Reject external form that fails to express internal reality.
Bruce LeeRead
So let me tell you, as you prepare to go off into the world, remember six rules: Trust yourself, Break some rules, Don't be afraid to fail, Ignore the naysayers, Work like hell, and Give something back.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerRead
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; _x000D_ Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing: _x000D_ For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe; _x000D_ His craft and power are great, and, armed with cruel hate, _x000D_ On earth is not his equal.
Martin LutherRead
I know you feel worn and tired. I know you're tired of failing. Rest, but don't stop. You can do this. You got this. _x000D_ Not because you're strong, but because He's your strength.
Yasmin MogahedRead
What's worth doing even if you fail?
Bren BrownRead
Politicians throughout history have tried to solve every problem conceivable to man, always failing to recognize that many of the problems we face result from previous so-called political solutions. Government cannot be the answer to every human ill. Continuing to view more government as the solution to problems will only make matters worse.
Ron PaulRead
When you're not afraid to fail, you'll most certainly have the confidence to succeed.
Ralph MarstonRead
He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it; he, on the contrary, who labors after a thing too impatiently thinks the success when it comes is not a recompense equal to all the pains he has been at about it.
Jean De La BruyereRead
If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.
John MiltonRead
Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
We must not fail, individually, for if we fail, we fail twice - for ourselves and for those who could have been helped, if we had done our duty.
Neal A. MaxwellRead
Stand still, true poet that you are! I know you; let me try and draw you. Some night you'll fail us: when afar You rise, remember one man saw you, Knew you, and named a star!
Robert BrowningRead
What stands if Freedom fail? What dies of England live?
Rudyard KiplingRead
Where Example keeps pace with Authority, Power hardly fails to be obey'd.
William PennRead
Learn to fail with pride - and do so fast and cleanly. Maximise trial and error - by mastering the error part.
Nassim Nicholas TalebRead

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