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Failing Quotes - Page 21

The Americans are so much more positive. They are much more in love with success. In Britain, they're a fairly envious bunch, and they love it if you fail.

The Americans are so much more positive. They are much more in love with success. In Britain, they're a fairly envious bunch, and they love it if you fail.

"Early On, Comedian John Cleese Says, He Had Good Timing But Little Else". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. October 16, 2015.

We fail, not because of big problems, but because of small purposes.

John C. Maxwell (2010). “Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential”, p.87, David C Cook

What I want is to be willing to fail rather than stagnate.

James Dickey (2011). “James Dickey: The Selected Poems”, p.14, Wesleyan University Press

He who fails to plan, plans to fail.

Emily Giffin (2012). “Where We Belong: A Novel”, p.121, Macmillan

O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing wound thee sore!

"Divine Comedy". Poem by Dante Alighieri. Purgatorio, Song III, 8, 1321.

A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail.

"Chuck Palahniuk in conversation with Tom Spanbauer". Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com. May 2014.

How could I pretend to be someone else when I was already failing at being the person I already was?

Catherine Gilbert Murdock (2009). “Front and Center”, p.160, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt