“DSM-IV is the fabrication upon which psychiatry seeks acceptance by medicine in general. Insiders know it is more a political than scientific document… DSM-IV has become a bible and a money making bestseller—its major failings notwithstanding.” KnowsPoliticalFailingAcceptanceMajorsMedicineMaking MoneyDocumentsPsychiatryInsidersFabrication Author:Loren Mosher
“Everybody knows - but no one wants to say - that the Democratic Party has become the party of special interest bigots and racial dividers. It runs the one-party state that controls public services in every major inner city, including the corrupt and failing school systems in which half the students - mainly African American and Hispanic - are denied a shot at the American dream.” KnowsWantStatesDreamRunningSchoolAmericaInterestPartyCitiesHalfFailingSpecialStudentsMajorsShotsDemocraticIncludingAfrican AmericanDeniedAmerican DreamDemocratic PartyPublic ServiceSpecial InterestsHispanicBigotsSchool SystemInner City Author:David Horowitz
“If you haven't had a major fail in your career - face-plant level - you aren't trying hard enough.” IfsTryingHardEnoughFacesLevelsCareersFailingHavensMajorsPlantTrying Hard Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“The New Finance focused on the market's major systematic mistake. In failing to appreciate the strength of competitive forces in a market economy, it over estimates the length of the short run. In doing so, it overreacts to records of success and failure for individual companies, driving the prices of successful firms too high and their unsuccessful counterparts too low.” RunningIndividualForceMistakeCompanyEconomySuccessfulRecordsFailingMajorsLowsAppreciateFocusedDrivingFinanceFirmLengthSuccess And FailureSystematicUnsuccessfulCounterpartsMarket Economy Author:Robert Haugen
“I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.” PeopleThinkingFirstsChildrenCarePresidentRolesFailingHusbandMajorsTake CareFirst Lady Author:Jackie Kennedy
“In the past we could afford a long gestation period before undertaking major environmental policy initiatives. Today the time for a well-planned transition to a sustainable system is running out. We may be moving in the right direction, but we are moving too slowly. We are failing in our responsibility to future generations and even the present one.” WellsMayLongRunningTodayPastMovingResponsibilityFailingGenerationsPolicyPeriodsMajorsEnvironmentalTransitionSustainabilityInitiativeFuture GenerationUndertakingsRight DirectionMoving InGestationEnvironmental PolicyMoving In The Right DirectionGestation Period Author:Kofi Annan
“The major difference I've found between the highly successful and the least successful is that the highly successful stick to it. They have staying power. Everybody fails. Everybody takes his knocks, but the highly successful keep coming back.” FoundDifferencesSuccessfulFailingMajorsSticksStayingComing BackStaying Power Author:Sherry Lansing
“We own up to minor failings, but only so as to convince others that we have no major ones.” FailingMajorsConvinceMinors Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“If you can't, you must. If you must, you can. Most people fail in life because they major in minor things. Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers. It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” PeopleIfsMomentsAsksDecisionAnswersResultsQualityDestinySuccessfulFailingMajorsGet BetterSuccessful PeopleMinorsSuccess In LifeOur DestinyYour DestinyQuality Of LifeYour MomMinor Things Author:Tony Robbins
“I think that we ill-prepare athletes from the very beginning. From the moment they pick up a ball or kick or whatever it is they're doing. We ill-prepare them. Especially with the major sports. What you see is this cycle of entitlement that gets thrown their way, so the kid who is in junior high and hasn't finished his test, but still gets to play because he is an athlete, fails the test and still gets to play because they're an athlete, gets to get away with not doing chores at home because they've got practice.” ThinkingWayStillsPlayMomentsHomeKidsSportsPracticeFailingMajorsPicksTestsBallsAthleteIllFinishedKicksThrownGet AwayCyclesJuniorsEntitlementChoresJunior High Author:John Amaechi