“We will not overcome world poverty unless we manage climate change successfully. I've spent my life as a development economist, and it's crystal clear that we succeed or fail on winning the battle against world poverty and managing climate change together. If we fail on one, we fail on the other.” IfsWorldTogetherWinningPovertyClearFailingDevelopmentBattleSucceedOvercomingClimateClimate ChangeManageEconomistCrystalsWorld Poverty Author:Nicholas Stern
“Without equity, pandemic battles will fail. Viruses will simply recirculate, and perhaps undergo mutations or changes that render vaccines useless, passing through the unprotected populations of the planet.” FailingPlanetsBattlePopulationPassingPassingsUselessEquityVirusesVaccinesPassing ThroughMutationPandemicsGenetic Mutation Author:Laurie Garrett
“So your strength is failing you? Why don't you tell your mother about it? ... Mother! Call her with a loud voice. She is listening to you; she sees you in danger, perhaps, and she-your holy mother Mary-offers you, along with the grace of her son, the refuge of her arms, the tenderness of her embrace ... and you will find yourself with added strength for the new battle.” ChristianMotherVoiceGraceFailingDangerSonArmsListeningHolyBattleOffersEmbraceLoudFinding YourselfMaryTendernessRefugeLoud VoicesHoly MaryMother Mary Author:Josemaria Escriva
“Few generals were as brilliant as Robert E. Lee and few battles as titanic -- and puzzling -- as Gettysburg. Why did Lee fail? In Lost Triumph, Tom Carhart offers a bold and provocative new assessment. Agree or disagree, it is sure to stimulate debate among even the most seasoned Civil War buffs.” WarLostFailingBattleOffersAgreeBrilliantDebateTriumphCivil WarDisagreeTomsAssessmentProvocativePuzzlingGettysburg Author:Jay Winik
“The thing that I do is that when I fail, I just keep quiet about it. I just let it go. It's done. I just go to the next thing. I don't complain, I don't go to - I pick my battles very, very judiciously, and I just assume that there's good in the heart of everybody.” HeartDoneNextFailingBattleQuietPicksAssumingComplainingLet It GoJust Let It Go Author:James McBride
“Let there be wicked kings and beheadings, battles and dungeons, giants and dragons, and let the villans be soundly killed at the end of the book. I think it is possible that by confining your child to the blameless stories of life in which nothing at all alarming ever happens, you would fail to banish the terrors, and would succeed in banishing all that can ennoble them or make them endurable.” ThinkingChildrenBookEndsStoriesHappensFailingKingsBattleSucceedOur ChildrenTerrorYour ChildrenGiantsWickedDragonsDungeonsBlameless Author:C. S. Lewis
“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.” PeopleLooksLittlesI CanGirlFightingMillionsFailingBattleEatingStandingOkayLook UpDisorderEating DisorderNot Okay Author:Whitney Thompson
“Think of the wonders uncorked by wine! It opens secrets, gives heart to our hopes, pushes the cowardly into battle, lifts the load from anxious minds, and evokes talents. Thanks to the bottle's prompting no one is lost for words, no one who's cramped by poverty fails to find release.” ThinkingGivingMindHeartLostSecretWonderPovertyFailingTalentBattleWineThanksReleaseLiftsBottlesAnxiousLoadEvokeCowardly Book:The Satires of Horace and Persius Source: The Satires of Horace and Persius
“I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. I write about gratitude because I am thankful - for all of it.” KnowsWantInspirationalNeedsWritingTryingJoyLostFailingMinesBrokenSorrowGratitudeBattleOkayRedemptionGenerositySelfishnessI Am Thankful Author:Kristin Armstrong
“I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must tell you now, I believe this attack will fail. No 15,000 men ever made could take that ridge. It's a distance of more than a mile, over open ground. When the men come out of the trees, they will be under fire from Yankee artillery from all over the field. And those are Hancock's boys! And now, they have the stone wall like we did at Fredericksburg.” KnowsMenBelieveMadeI BelieveBoysFireFailingTreeFieldsWallVictoryBattleStonesDistanceSoldierMilesYankeesInitialsConfederateArtilleryRidgesLieutenantsGettysburgStone Walls Author:Michael Shaara
“Tatiana said. "Go on with Dasha. She is right for you. She is a woman and I'm-" "Blind!", Alexander exclaimed. Tatiana stood, desolately failing in the battle of her heart. "Oh, Alexander. What do you want from me..." "Everything", he whispered fiercely.” WantHeartSaidFailingGoes OnBattleBlindTatiana Metanova Author:Paullina Simons
“Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue.” HumansReasonMomentsCertainReligionFailingBattleLimitsShiningIntellectHorizonCrucialRescueMetaphysicsBeatenHuman ReasonCrucial MomentsBattle Of Life Book:Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace Source: Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace
“We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.” GivingLongJobsHistoryFailingBattleToolsTrialsShockTireStay StrongWorld War 2ExertionVigilance Author:Winston Churchill