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“I am an unfortunate and deserted creature, I look around and I have no relation or friend upon earth. These amiable people to whom I go have never seen me and know little of me. I am full of fears, for if I fail there, I am an outcast in the world forever.”

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Book:Frankenstein's Bride: Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus

Source: Frankenstein's Bride: Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus

“We know that happiness is short-lived, that we fail to cherish it when it is within our grasp and value it only when it has vanished forever.”

Knows Happiness Values Forever Failing Cherish Short Lived

Author:Jose Saramago

“Do you solemnly swear never to conceal a vital clue from the reader? Do you promise to observe seemly moderation in the use of gangs, conspiracies, Super Criminals and Lunatics and utterly and forever to forswear Mysterious Poisons unknown to science? Will you honor the King's English? ... If you fail to keep your promise, may other writers steal your plots and your pages swarm with misprints.”

Ifs May Use Novel Forever Failing Mystery Reader Kings Honor Promise Pages Criminals Stealing Mysterious Poison Plot Conspiracy Swear Moderation Clue Gang Swarms Mystery Novels

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

“No woman need fear the effect of absence upon the man who honestly loves her. The needle of the compass, regardless of intervening seas, points forever toward the north. Pitiful indeed is she who fails to be a magnet and blindly becomes a chain.”

Men Needs Forever Failing Sea Effects He Man Absence Honestly Chains Compass Needles Magnet Pitiful Intervening

Book:The Myrtle Reed Year Book: Epigrams and Opinions from the Writings and Sayings of Myrtle Reed

Source: The Myrtle Reed Year Book: Epigrams and Opinions from the Writings and Sayings of Myrtle Reed

“Women also lose sight of their goals by taking on extra responsibilities. We are virtual responsibility magnets. We don't make these decisions consciously or deliberately, but out of the fear that if we don't act on a need, it will never get resolved. ... But we fail to realize that once we become responsible for something, we may be responsible to it forever.”

Ifs Needs May Goal Realizing Loses Decision Responsibility Forever Failing Sight Responsible Extras Being Responsible Magnet

Book:Hardball for Women: Revised Edition

Source: Hardball for Women: Revised Edition

“Having studied biology really helped me a lot because I quickly understand how biological systems work, and how they fail, and the tragedy of when they fail, because we are dealing with life systems, and when we hear that a species has become extinct, or is threatened, you realize that this could mean that this species will disappear from the face of the earth forever! So that understanding really gives you energy to do something to save it.”

Giving Mean Earth Faces Energy Understanding Realizing Forever Failing Tragedy Species Disappear Biology Threatened Dealing With Life

Author:Wangari Maathai

“From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: "Tough" and "Competent." Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Every time we walk into Mission Control we will know what we stand for. Competent means we will never take anything for granted. We will never be found short in our knowledge and in our skills.”

Knows Mean Two Found Walks Responsibility Known Forever Failing Skills Tough Safety Missions Flight Compromise Granted Aviation This Day Competent Never Take Anything For Granted

Author:Gene Kranz

“Too many people believe that one big, public success will solve their self-confidence problems forever. That only happens in the movies. In real life, the opposite strategy is what works. Call it the small victo-ries approach. In time you will discover that all failing really does teach you something you needed to know- so you can regroup and stretch again, with ever more...nerve.”

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Author:Jack Welch