“Every time I act on a fear, I feel disappointed in myself. I have a lot of fear. If I can quit all fear in my life and all guilt, then I tend to be much, much more living up to my standards. I've never seen a person fail if they didn't fear failure.” IfsFeelsPersonsI CanFailingStandardsGuiltQuittingDisappointed Author:Sebastian Thrun
“While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war.” WarLawLostFailingStandardsClaimsResponsibleStructureProtectionCommandFighterConventionsUniformsInitialsTalibanObeyingPow Author:John Yoo
“We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time and energy to industrial occupations. The monetary equivalent of a living wage varies according to local conditions, but must include enough to secure the elements of a normal standard of living-a standard high enough to make morality possible, to provide for education and recreation, to care for immature members of the family, to maintain the family during periods of sickness, and to permit of reasonable saving for old age.” IfsEnoughCareAgeEnergyFailingConditionsPeriodsMoralityMembersElementsNormalStandardsLocalsOld AgeSecureSavingReasonableSicknessOccupationPermitWagesVaryRecreationMonetaryImmatureMinimum WageStandards Of LivingTime And EnergyLiving Wage Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Judge not according to the orthodox standard of a system religious, philosophical, political, but according as things promote, or fail to promote the delicacy, integrity, and authority of Conscience.” PoliticalReligiousFailingJudgingIntegrityAuthorityStandardsConsciencePhilosophicalOrthodoxDelicacy Author:Lord Acton
“We all know that each generation has its own test, the contemporaneous and current standard by which alone it can adequately judge of its own moral achievements, and that it may not legitimately use a previous and less vigorous test. The advanced test must indeed include that which has already been attained; but if it includes no more, we shall fail to go forward, thinking complacently that we have "arrived" when in reality we have not yet started.” IfsThinkingKnowsMayUseRealityMoralProgressFailingGenerationsJudgingAchievementStandardsTestsCurrentsVigorousForward Thinking Book:Democracy and Social Ethics Source: Democracy and Social Ethics
“What an artist does, is fail. Any reading of the literature, (I mean the literature of artistic creation), however summary, will persuade you instantly that the paradigmatic artistic experience is that of failure. The actualization fails to meet, equal, the intuition. There is something "out there" which cannot be brought "here". This is standard. I don't mean bad artists, I mean good artists. There is no such thing as a "successful artist" (except, of course, in worldly terms).” MeanDoeArtArtistCoursesReadingLiteratureTermSuccessfulFailingCreationEqualStandardsIntuitionArtisticWorldlyGood ArtSummaryGood ArtistActualizationArtistic CreationSuccessful Artists Author:Donald Barthelme
“Indeed, there is a moment on the first CD - the electrifying opening to "I Got Loaded," which sounds like an R&B standard but isn't - when you might find yourself asking whether anyone who has ever been smitten by pop music can fail to have his heart stopped by the chords, the swing, and, once again, Steve Berlin's wonderfully greasy sax.” FirstsHeartMomentsMightSoundFailingStandardsAskingPopsOpeningFinding YourselfSwingsChordsBerlinCdsPop MusicLoadedSmitten Book:Songbook Source: Songbook
“Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.” PeopleHeartHalfFailingSorrowStandardsExpectationsSettingSettingsExalted Author:Alice Hegan Rice
“Even without comparing ourselves to the world's greatest, we set such high standards for ourselves that neither we nor anyone else could ever meet them-and nothing is more destructive to creativity than this. We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It's about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and fail, and try again, for as long as he or she lives.” WorldTryingYearsLongProcessRealizingCreativityPathFailingJourneyWillingMastersStandardsPerfectionCompareDestructiveMasteryTry AgainHigh StandardsWilling To Try Book:Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment Source: Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
“Economist and Africa expert Collier analyzes why a group of 50 nations, home to the poorest one billion people, are failing. Considering issues such as civil war, dependence on extractive industries, and bad governance, he argues that the strongest industrialized countries must enact a plan to help with international policies and standards.” PeopleWarCountryHelpingHomeNationsIssuesPlansFailingGroupsPolicyIndustryStandardsInternationalArguingBillionsExpertsCivil WarStrongestConsideringDependenceEconomistGovernancePoorest Author:Amy Lockwood
“It is not realistic or hard-headed to solve problems and take action unguided by ultimate moral aims and values, although we all know some who claim that it is so. In my judgement, it is thoughtless folly. For it ignores the realities of human faith and of passion and of belief; forces ultimately more powerful than all the calculations of our economists or of our generals. Of course to adhere to standards, to idealism, to vision in the face of immediate dangers takes great courage and takes self-confidence. But we also know that only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.” KnowsHumansSelfProblemRealityActionFacesValuesPassionCoursesBeliefForcePowerfulMoralVisionFailingAchieveDangerJudgmentStandardsUltimateClaimsAimDareSolveSelf ConfidenceFollyRealisticIdealismEconomistCalculations Author:Robert Kennedy
“As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen back on a standard pretext for war crimes when all else fails: the credibility of the threats of the self-designated policeman of the world.” WorldWarSelfGovernmentDecisionSupportFailingCrimeStandardsClaimsThreatInternationalAdministrationFallenSyriaCredibilityPolicemenPretextWar CrimesWhen All Else Fails Author:Noam Chomsky