“The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it might be worth realizing that this is part of the deal, the price you pay for being good in the long run. Every rejection is a gift. A chance to learn and to do it better next time. An opportunity to figure out how to bounce, not break. Don't waste them.” PeopleLongMightMotivationalRunningNextOpportunityRealizingChanceDealsPayBreakFailingFiguresWasteBe GoodRejectionLong RunsNext TimeBounce Author:Seth Godin
“We must settle this question now -- whether in a free government the minority have the right to break it up whenever they choose. If we fail, it will go far to prove the incapability of the people to govern themselves.” PeopleIfsGovernmentBreakFailingProveSettlingMinoritiesFree GovernmentIncapability Book:Lincoln on Democracy Source: Lincoln on Democracy
“Memoir ... satisfies our need for gossip and intimacy, for testimony and confessional, and in this world of spin, offers a truthful account of what it means to succeed or fail, to love and lose, to break your heart and mend it again.” WorldNeedsHeartMeanLosesBreakFailingThis WorldOffersSucceedAccountsMemoirIntimacyGossipTruthfulTestimonyBreak Your Heart Author:Jeanette Winterson
“When the body is assailed by the strong force of time and the limbs weaken from exhausted force, genius breaks down, and mind and speech fail. [Lat., Ubi jam valideis quassatum est viribus aevi Corpus, et obtuseis ceciderunt viribus artus, Claudicat ingenium delirat linguaque mensque.]” MindBodyStrongForceBreakFailingGeniusSpeechDown AndExhaustedBreaking DownLimbsJamCorpus Author:Lucretius
“One of my biggest heroes and people I was fortunate enough to be around is David Bowie. I look at his career, and he always had the balls to break things that weren't broken, to step away from something and try something new, at risk of failing.” PeopleTryingLooksEnoughStepsCareersBreakFailingRiskBrokenHeroBallsFortunateSomething NewBowie Author:Trent Reznor
“Human life has not a surer friend, nor oftentimes a greater enemy, than hope. It is the miserable man's god, which in the hardest gripe of calamity never fails to yield to him beams of comfort. It is the presumptuous man's devil, which leads him a while in a smooth way, and then suddenly breaks his neck.” MenWayHumansHopeEnemyBreakGreaterFailingComfortDevilHardestMiserableHuman LifeNecksYieldSmoothCalamityBeamPresumptuous Author:Owen Feltham
“There is something in obstinacy which differs from every other passion. Whenever it fails, it never recovers, but either breaks like iron, or crumbles sulkily away, like a fractured arch. Most other passions have their periods of fatigue and rest, their sufferings and their cure; but obstinacy has no resource, and the first wound is mortal.” FirstsSufferingPassionBreakFailingPeriodsResourcesWoundsCuresMortalsIronFatigueArchesObstinacy Author:Samuel Johnson
“If dysfunction means that a family doesn't work, then every family ambles into some arena in which that happens, where relationships get strained or even break down entirely. We fail each other or disappoint each other. That goes for parents, siblings, kids, marriage partners - the whole enchilada.” IfsMeanWholeHappensKidsParentBreakFailingPartnersBreaking DownArenaSiblingDisappointDysfunctionEnchiladas Author:Mary Karr
“People fail you, children disappoint you, thieves break in, moths corrupt, but an Order of the British Empire goes on for ever.” PeopleChildrenOrderBreakFailingGoes OnBritishEmpiresThievesDisappointBritish EmpireMoths Author:Fay Weldon
“The most precise and thoughtful scholar is limited in what he knows and wrong in some things that he affirms; the most devoted saint is stained with sin and full of error; the bravest heart among us will fail and break; but Christ is altogether lovely, holy, and unfailing.” KnowsHeartChristSinBreakFailingHolyErrorsSaintLovelyThoughtfulScholarDevotedPrecise Author:Paul Washer
“To subvert the tyranny of our execrable government, to break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our political evils and to assert the independence of my country- these were my objectives. To unite the whole people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of all past dissensions, and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter - these were my means.” PeopleMeanCountryWholeGovernmentPastPoliticalEvilNamesMemoriesCommonBreakFailingSourceRepublicanConnectionsEnglandCatholicIndependenceTyrannyObjectivesSubstitutesIrelandProtestantsAbolishDenominationsIrishmenDissension Book:Freedom the Wolfe Tone way Source: Freedom the Wolfe Tone way
“Give yourself a break. Stop beating yourself up! Everyone makes mistakes, has setbacks and failures. You don't come with a book on how to get it right all the time. You will fail sometimes, not because you planned to, but simply because you're human. Failure is a part of creating a great life. Stand up to it and handle it with grace. Because, you can.” GivingHumansBookSometimesMistakeBreakGraceFailingCreatingHandleMaking MistakesSetbackEveryone Makes MistakesBeating YourselfBeating Yourself Up Author:Les Brown
“We're dealing with such enormous problems today that we have no other choice but to work together. If Iraq fails, if a religious civil war breaks out and the neighboring states are drawn into this conflict, if the Kurds declare independence and al-Qaida takes over an entire province - that's when the consequences will be dramatic.” IfsWarStatesProblemTodayTogetherChoicesReligiousBreakFailingConflictConsequenceIndependenceIraqEnormousDramaticCivil WarWorking TogetherAlsProvincesBreak OutKurds Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“The job description of mother is clearly in need of revision. As it stands, the shifts are 24 hours, for a period of approximately 1,825 consecutive days. The benefits are sorely in need of amendment: no vacations, no sick leave, no lunch hours, no breaks. Moreover, it is the only unpaid position I know of that can result in arrest if you fail to show up for work.” IfsKnowsNeedsShowsJobsMotherHoursResultsBreakFailingPositionPeriodsBenefitsSickDescriptionLunchVacationAmendmentsRevisionConsecutiveSick Leave Author:Mary Blakely
“When you have three out of the four largest banks in America today, bigger than they were - significantly bigger than when we bailed them out because they were too big to fail, I think if Teddy Roosevelt were alive today, a good Republican by the way, what he would say is: Break them up; they are too powerful economically; they are too powerful politically.” IfsThinkingWayBigsTodayAmericaThreePowerfulBreakFourAliveFailingRepublicanBiggerLive For TodayTeddyAmerica Today Author:Hillary Clinton
“Trust is consistently seen as a make or break component of innovation - particularly because the freedom to fail is an important part of innovation.” ImportantBreakFailingInnovationConsistentlyComponentsMake Or Break Author:David Livermore