“If you take men and lock them in a house for five years and tell them to come up with two children and they fail to do that, then we will chop off their heads.” IfsMenYearsChildrenTwoHouseFiveFailingCome UpFive YearsLocks Author:Robert Mugabe
“We urgently need a debate about the best ways of supporting families in modern America, without blinders that prevent us from seeing the full extent of dependence and interdependence in American life. As long as we pretend that only poor or abnormal families need outside assistance, we will shortchange poor families, overcompensate rich ones, and fail to come up with effective policies for helping families in the middle.” WayNeedsLongHelpingAmericaPoorRichFailingSeeingModernMiddlePolicyCome UpDebateBest WayDependenceAssistanceAbnormalInterdependenceAmerican LifeBlindersPoor FamilyModern America Book:The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap Source: The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
“Poet, forger of ideals, dreamer among the possibilities of life, prophet of the millenium, do you get impatient with the prosaic life around you -- the dulness, and the earthliness, and the brutishness of men? Fret not. Go forward into the realm which stretches before you; climb the highest mountain you can reach, and plant a cross there. The nations will come up to it some day. Work for immortality if you will; then wait for it. If your own age fail to recognize you, a coming age will not.” IfsMenAgeNationsWaitingFailingPossibilityPoetMountainHighestIdealsCrossesPlantCome UpImmortalityRealmsProphetClimbsDreamerImpatient Author:J. G. Holland
“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
“I'm afraid of all kinds of things. I'm afraid of failing at whatever story I'm writing - that it won't come up for me, or that I won't be able to finish it.” WritingKindStoriesAbleFailingCome UpAll Kinds Author:Stephen King
“Call yourself "Colonel" and declare that your fortune was left to you by Dutch burghers from the seventeenth century. Now you're a solid citizen, the embodiment of hard work and rugged individualism. You're no criminal. The criminal is the guy who comes up short, who gets caught, who fails to adopt a respectable cover.” HardGuyLeftFailingCenturyHard WorkCitizensFortuneCaughtCome UpCriminalsIndividualismRespectableDutchEmbodimentRuggedColonelsRugged Individualism Author:Luc Sante
“When you spend so much time trying to father well, and failing, and trying again, and hopefully failing better, it's going to seep into your work. And when you give yourself permission to explore the grottiest bits of your psyche (like Louis CK) (who totally stole that move from me) (not really), to exaggerate the edge of the rustiest blades of your IRL mind, you'll occasionally come up with something that holds real power.” GivingTryingMindWellsRealMovingFatherBitsFailingEdgesCome UpHopefullyPermissionBladesReal Power Author:Roy Kesey
“In a highly critical, scarcity-based world, everyone's afraid to fail. As long as we're afraid to fail, we'll never come up with the big, bold ideas we need to solve these problems.” WorldNeedsLongIdeasProblemBigsFailingCome UpSolveCriticalScarcityAfraid To Fail Author:Brené Brown