“Small businesses are the number one job creators in America. Therefore, it is important that the federal government creates an environment that helps them succeed, not one that sets them up to fail.” ImportantHelpingGovernmentJobsAmericaNumbersEnvironmentFailingSucceedCreatorFederal GovernmentSmall BusinessJob Creators Author:Randy Neugebauer
“Any artistic achievement that is tailored to conform to social demands rather than to the real, uninhibited, feelings of its creator, is destined not to reach the heights of achievement, or even fail. It is only when an artist is dis-inhibited that he or she can reach the heights of artistic achievement.” RealFeelingsArtistSocialFailingDemandAchievementCreatorArtisticHeightConformDestinedTailored Author:Semir Zeki
“If you can't fail then how can you possible develop as a communicator or as a creator of anything? We are locked into a deeply unhealthy notion that somehow you've got to succeed all the time. An appalling notion. Any painter or writer will tell you that that is no way to proceed. One of the things that will kill off a decent actor, especially a young actor early on and they will never recover from it, is too much success. It's disastrous. You stop being criticized, therefore you stop challenging yourself. You then can't afford to fail because there's too far to fall.” IfsWayYoungArtistFallActorsChallengesToo MuchFailingSucceedNotionCreatorPainterDecentLockedSuccess And FailureUnhealthyYoung ActorsCommunicatorsChallenge Yourself Author:Emma Thompson
“Armstrong was the key creator of the mature working language of jazz. Three decades after his death and more than three-quarters of a century since his influence first began to spread, not a single musician who has mastered that language fails to make daily use, knowingly or unknowingly, of something that was invented by Louis Armstrong.” FirstsUseThreeLanguageFailingInfluenceCenturyKeysMusicianJazzCreatorSpreadDecadesMatureQuartersArmstrongQuarter Of A Century Author:Dan Morgenstern
“If the heart is devoted to the mirage of the world, to the creature instead of the Creator, the disciple is lost... However urgently Jesus may call us, His call fails to find access to our hearts... for they have already been given to another.” IfsWorldHeartMayJesusLostGivenFailingCreaturesCreatorAccessDevotedDiscipleMirages Book:The Cost of Discipleship Source: The Cost of Discipleship