“The essence of man is imperfection. Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success. If we learn to embrace that new definition of failure, then we are free to start moving ahead - and failing forward.” IfsMenMovingPayFailingAchieveEssenceEmbraceDefinitionsImperfectionMoving Ahead Author:Norman Cousins
“Arrogance is a weed which grows upon a dunghill; it is from the rankness of the soil that she has her height and spreadings: witness, clowns, fools, and fellows, who from nothing, are lifted up some few steps on fortune's ladder: where, seeing the glorious representment of honour above them, they are so eager to embrace it, that they strive to leap thither at once, and by over-reaching themselves in the way, they fail of the end, and fall.” WayEndsFallGrowsStepsGrowing UpFailingSeeingFoolFellowsEmbraceFortuneStriveWitnessHeightArroganceGloriousSoilReachingLeapHonourWeedLaddersClown Author:Owen Feltham
“So your strength is failing you? Why don't you tell your mother about it? ... Mother! Call her with a loud voice. She is listening to you; she sees you in danger, perhaps, and she-your holy mother Mary-offers you, along with the grace of her son, the refuge of her arms, the tenderness of her embrace ... and you will find yourself with added strength for the new battle.” ChristianMotherVoiceGraceFailingDangerSonArmsListeningHolyBattleOffersEmbraceLoudFinding YourselfMaryTendernessRefugeLoud VoicesHoly MaryMother Mary Author:Josemaria Escriva
“Government planning not only fails; it tends to produce outcomes that are the opposite of what its proponents say that they favor. The only stable and productive social system is one that embraces human liberty in its totality, and defends the market economy, private property, sound money, and peaceful international relations, while opposing government intervention as economically and socially destructive.” HumansGovernmentSocialSoundLibertyEconomyFailingProduceOppositesRelationEmbracePropertyInternationalFavorsPlanningPeacefulOutcomesDestructiveProductiveStableInterventionInternational RelationsOpposingPrivate PropertyTotalityMarket EconomySocial SystemsGovernment Intervention Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“The loftiness of understanding embraces all. It requires as much spirit to suffer the failings of others as it does to appreciate their good qualities.” DoeSpiritSufferingUnderstandingQualityFailingAppreciateEmbraceAppreciationGood Quality Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
“The only time we can fail is if we quit. Most perceived failures are only stepping stones being small problems encountered along the path to a goal. Obstacles are opportunities for growth, therefore, encourage and embrace them.” IfsProblemOpportunityGoalGrowthPathFailingStonesEmbraceObstaclesQuittingOnly TimeStepping StonesSmall Problems Author:Arthur Frederick Saunders