“It’s good to have obstacles and difficulties, and to fail and have things not go the way you want. And then have to figure out how to keep moving forward.” WayWantMovingFailingFiguresDifficultyObstaclesMoving ForwardKeep MovingKeep Moving Forward Author:Maya Forbes
“Psychiatric services - that is, the attempt to help a person overcome his emotional difficulties in living - are priceless if successful or worthless if they fail.” IfsPersonsHelpingSuccessfulFailingEmotionalOvercomingDifficultyWorthlessPsychiatryPricelessPsychiatric Book:Principles of Intensive Psychotherapy Source: Principles of Intensive Psychotherapy
“Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with them.” MenLittlesHas BeensLightChristianFailingResourcesWeakDifficultyGreat ThingsGiantsWeak Man Author:Hudson Taylor
“No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling... The desire to grasp and be united with another human is so fundamental a part of our nature that our judgement of what is known as 'pure form' is inevitably influenced by it, and one of the difficulties of the nude as a subject for art is that these instincts cannot be hidden.” ShouldHumansArtFeelingsFormDesireUnitedKnownFailingSubjectsPureArt IsDifficultyFundamentalsInstinctJudgementAbstractEroticSpectators Book:The nude: a study in ideal form Source: The nude: a study in ideal form
“If the best way to learn to succeed is to fail as fast as possible, then the second-best way is to watch someone else fail as fast as possible. Watching someone else screw up is a kind of rehearsal for your own eventual downfall. A close observation of someone else's attempt to resolve a difficulty is a great way to acquire real-world insight into whether and when to deploy their method in your own times of trouble.” IfsWorldWayKindRealWatchesFailingTroubleSucceedDifficultyMethodInsightBest WayObservationAcquireResolveReal WorldScrewsRehearsalDownfallScrew UpsSecond BestTimes Of Trouble Author:Cory Doctorow