“As to great and commanding talents, they are the gift of Providence in some way unknown to us, they rise where they are least expected; they fail when everything seems disposed to produce them, or at least to call them forth.” WaySeemsFailingTalentProduceExpectedProvidence Book:The works and correspondence of...Edmund Burke Source: The works and correspondence of...Edmund Burke
“Generally we are occupied either with the miseries which now we feel, or with those which threaten; and even when we see ourselves sufficiently secure from the approach of either, still fretfulness, though unwarranted by either present or expected affliction, fails not to spring up from the deep recesses of the heart, where its roots naturally grow, and to fill the soul with its poison.” FeelsHeartStillsSoulGrowsFailingApproachSpringRootsMiseryExpectedSecurePoisonAfflictionRecessUneasiness Book:Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects Source: Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects
“Not everyone in an organization is in a position to accumulate power through competent performance because most people are just carrying out the ordinary and the expected - even if they do it very well. The extent to which a job is routinized fails to give an advantage to anyone doing it because 'success' is seen as inherent in the very establishment of the position and the organization surrounding it. Neither persons nor organizations get 'credit' for doing the mandatory or the expected.” PeopleIfsGivingWellsPersonsJobsWorkFailingPositionOrdinaryAdvantagePerformancesOrganizationCreditExpectedEstablishmentInherentCompetenceCompetent Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“Parents can fail to cheer your successes as wildly as you expected, pointing out that you are sharing your Nobel Prize with a couple of other people, or that your Oscar was for supporting actress, not really for a starring role. More subtly, they can cheer your successes too wildly, forcing you into the awkward realization that your achievement of merely graduating or getting the promotion did not warrant the fireworks and brass band.” PeopleParentRolesFailingCoupleBandAchievementActressesExpectedRealizationPrizeCheerGraduatesAwkwardOscarsPointingPromotionNobelNobel PrizeWarrantsBrassFireworksBrass Bands Author:Frank Pittman
“Nothing fails like success, because we do not learn anything from it. We only learn from failure, but we do not always learn the right things from failure. If there is a failure of expectations, that is, if the messages that we receive are not the same as those we expected, we can make three possible inferences.” IfsThreeFailingMessagesExpectationsExpectedRight ThingInferenceLearning From Failure Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“If somebody's getting depressed in life, I would say, 'Look at me'. I've got here believing in me. Sometimes, things do not go as you expected and you could feel as if you were ruining everything. But Everything can be only the path to get to the success of your dream. You can not fail until you give up. As long as you keep going, you are on the path for your success.” IfsGivingFeelsBelieveLooksLongSometimesDreamPathFailingGiving UpExpectedYour DreamsKeep GoingCan NotLook At MeRuining Everything Author:Hiroko Sakai
“The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.” IfsWritingLiteratureFailingSucceedHatredRewardsExpectedContempt Author:Voltaire