“It is not what is happening to you but rather what is happening in you that determines whether you succeed or fail.” FailingSucceedHappeningsDetermine Book:TAKE OFF FROM WITHIN Source: TAKE OFF FROM WITHIN
“It is a quite special secret pleasure how the people around us fail to realize what is really happening to them.” PeopleRealizingPleasureSecretFailingSpecialHappenings Author:Adolf Hitler
“One nation banking recognises that banks must not be isolated from the rest of the economy. Because banks and small businesses must succeed or fail together, banks must lend to small businesses so we can get the growth and jobs we need for the future. As things stand, that is not happening enough. Lending was down £10.8billion last year.” NeedsYearsEnoughTogetherJobsLastsNationsGrowthEconomyFailingSucceedHappeningsIsolatedLast YearBankingSmall BusinessRecogniseLending Author:Ed Miliband
“What many fail to realize is that being attached to what we think we want and don't have while resisting what is happening in the moment is the cause, not the cure, of much personal suffering and interpersonal conflict.” ThinkingWantMomentsSufferingCausesRealizingFailingConflictHappeningsCuresResistingInterpersonal Author:Lee L Jampolsky
“The Mexican people, you cannot explain this wealth, this history, this joy, the capacity to celebrate amid these tragedies that you have asked about. I can say another thing, that this unity, that this people has managed not to fail, not to end with so many wars, things, things that are happening now.” PeopleI CanWarEndsJoyWealthFailingHappeningsCapacityTragedyUnityCelebrateMexican Author:Pope Francis
“The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and evidence is mounting that what's happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act.” IfsHas BeensStillsLinesFailingEventsHappeningsEvidenceScientistClimateExtremesDecadesWeatherFloodSevereFrequencyDroughtPredictingExtreme Weather Author:David Suzuki
“Words fail me sometimes. I have read most every word in the Webster’s International Dictionary of the English Language, but I still have trouble making them come when I want them to. Right now I want a word that describes the feeling you get – a cold sick feeling deep down inside – when you know something is happening that will change you, and you don’t want it to, but you can’t stop it. And you know you will never be the same again.” KnowsWantStillsSometimesFeelingsLanguageFailingTroubleColdRight NowHappeningsSickInternationalEnglish LanguageDictionaryDeep DownTrouble Making Book:A Gathering Light Source: A Gathering Light
“Look at all the things that can go wrong for men. There’s the nothing-happening-at-all problem, the too-much-happening-too-soon problem, the dismal-droop-after-a-promising-beginning problem; there’s the size-doesn’t-matter-except-in-my-case problem, the failing-to-deliver-the-goods problem…and what do women have to worry about? A handful of cellulite? Join the club. A spot of I-wonder-how-I-rank? Ditto.” MenLooksMatterProblemWonderCasesWorryToo MuchFailingHappeningsSizeClubsSpotsGoodsHandfulCelluliteSize Doesn't Matter Author:Nick Hornby
“This tug-of-war often obscures what's also happening between us. I am your mother, the first mile of your road. Me and all my obvious and hidden limitations. That means that in addition to possibly wrecking you, I have the chance to give to you what was given to me: a decent childhood, more good memories than bad, some values, a sense of tribe, a run at happiness. You can't imagine how seriously I take that - even as I fail you. Mothering you is the first thing of consequence that I have ever done.” GivingFirstsMeanWarDoneRunningMotherValuesGivenMemoriesChanceImagineFailingChildhoodHappeningsConsequenceObviousMilesLimitationDecentTribesMotheringGood MemoriesTug Of War Author:Kelly Corrigan
“Failure to read what is happening in another's soul is not easily seen as a cause of unhappiness: but those who fail to attend the motions of their own soul are necessarily unhappy.” SoulCausesFailingHappeningsUnhappyUnhappiness Author:Marcus Aurelius