“The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.” ThinkingLittlesCan DoChangeJusticeKnowledgeLearningFailingShapesManagementSocial JusticeDeedsRangeOur ThoughtsMindful Living Author:R. D. Laing
“When you're up against a trouble, meet it squarely, face to face. Lift your chin and set your shoulders, plant your feet and take a brace. When it's vain to try to dodge it, do the best that you can do. You may fail, but you may conquer. See it through!” TryingMayFacesCan DoFailingTroubleFeetPlantShouldersConquerLiftsVainDo The BestFace To FaceChinsDodgeBraces Author:Edgar Guest
“Every act of motherhood contains a dual intent, as the mother holds the child close and prepares it to move way from her, as she supports the child and stands it firmly on its own feet, and as she guards it against danger and sends it out across the yard, down by the stream, and across the traffic-crowded highway. Unless a mother can do both - gather her child close and turn her child out toward the world - she will fail in her purpose.” WorldWayChildrenMovingMotherPurposeTurnsCan DoSupportFailingFeetDangerMotherhoodStreamsTrafficYardsHighwaysCrowded Author:Margaret Mead
“Language fails not because thought fails, but because no verbal symbols can do justice to the fullness and richness of thought. Ifwe are to continue talking about "data" in any other sense than as reflective distinctions, the original datum is always such a qualitative whole.” WholeLanguageCan DoJusticeTalkingFailingOriginalsSymbolsDataDistinctionFullnessRichnessQualitative Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1929-1930 Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1929-1930
“I don't know when the idea of suicide first occurred to me. In some ways, it had been in the back of my mind for years. Yet, oddly, I would never have thought of it as an option. It was the perceived lack of options-the final, unacceptable solution to a grave and insoluble dilemma. I had always thought of it in the same way: If all else fails, if I have nowhere else to turn, I can do this.” IfsKnowsWayYearsMindFirstsI CanIdeasTurnsChoicesCan DoFailingSolutionsSuicideFinalsGravesSuicidalDilemmaOf My MindI Can Do This Book:The Beast: A Journey Through Depression Source: The Beast: A Journey Through Depression
“When it comes to explaining the Blessed Virgin Mary, having a lot of love is more important than having a lot of answers. When we come up lacking, she’ll make greater goods out of our deficiencies, as only a mother can do. Whenever we're humiliated and shown our weakness, we should get ready for something better than we could ever plan and prepare to accomplish. Evangelize with joy, then, and with confidence. Know from the start that you don’t have all the answers-but your Savior does, and He loves His mother. He will give you everything you need, even if sometimes you need to fail.” IfsKnowsNeedsGivingShouldDoeImportantSometimesJoyMotherCan DoAnswersLove IsGreaterPlansFailingReadyWeaknessBlessedCome UpAccomplishGoodsSaviorMaryLackingVirginsExplainingSomething BetterDeficiencyHumiliatedGreater GoodVirgin MaryBlessed Virgin Mary Author:Scott Hahn
“Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; the process is its own reward. Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And if they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.” IfsMenShouldTryingSaidDoneProcessCan DoChallengesImpossibleFailingRewards Author:Amelia Earhart
“Any time you try to create an Internet meme, automatic fail. That's like the worst thing you can do.” TryingCan DoFailingWorstInternetWorst ThingsMemes Author:John Hodgman
“I think that we're all, as human beings, so limited. If we want to write about ourselves, that's fairly easy. And if we write about our friends or our families, we can do that. But if we want to project ourselves somewhere beyond our personal experience we're going to fail unless we get that experience or we borrow it from others.” IfsThinkingWantWritingHumansEasyCan DoHuman BeingsFailingProjectsOur FamilyPersonal Experiences Author:William T. Vollmann
“Apparently almost anyone can do a better job of educating children than our so-called 'educators' in the public schools. Children who are home-schooled by their parents also score higher on tests than children educated in the public schools. ... Successful education shows what is possible, whether in charter schools, private schools, military schools or home-schooling. The challenge is to provide more escape hatches from failing public schools, not only to help those students who escape, but also to force these institutions to get their act together before losing more students and jobs.” ChildrenHelpingShowsHomeSchoolTogetherJobsForceParentCan DoChallengesSuccessfulFailingMilitaryStudentsHigherLosingTestsInstitutionsEducatedScorePublic SchoolSchoolingEducatorSchooledBetter JobsCharterPrivate SchoolCharter SchoolsMilitary SchoolEducating Children Author:Thomas Sowell
“Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.” ThinkingShouldCharacterCan DoAbilityFailingConcernedShould HaveReputationAccomplishedInterferePreparingPreparing To Fail Author:John Wooden
“When we translate, we always to some extent betray the text we are translating. That is why translation is so hard and thankless. All you can do is to fail in the least egregious way possible.” WayHardCan DoFailingBetrayTranslateTranslationsThankless Author:Jay L. Garfield
“If all else fails, I could go to a train station and open up my saxophone case and make some bucks. I can do "Mary Had A Little Lamb," I can do "Happy Birthday."” IfsLittlesI CanCan DoCasesFailingTrainStationsMaryBucksLambsSaxophoneTrain Stations Author:Sean Price