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“For hearts where wakened love doth lurk, How fine, how blest a thing is work! For work does good when reasons fail.”

Heart Doe Reason Work Failing Fine

Book:The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow

Source: The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow

“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.”

People Ifs Giving Wells Persons Jobs Work Failing Position Ordinary Advantage Performances Organization Credit Expected Establishment Inherent Competence Competent

Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“Even the strongest personality will regress and eventually may disintegrate if there is no incentive (other than threat of punishment) for the work he does. When there is no feeling to accomplishment, children fail to develop properly and old people rapidly decline.”

People Ifs May Children Doe Feelings Work Failing Personality Threat Punishment Accomplishment Strongest Decline Old People Incentives

Author:Joe Whitney

“He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.”

Long Work Wealth Power Courage Failing Honesty Ambition Endeavor

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay

“The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.”

Trying Jobs Work Teach Failing Failure Experience Train Experiments Employee Inventor Keep Trying Learning From Failure Inventions And Inventors Trying And Failing

Author:Charles Kettering

“Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences.”

Hard Faces Work Failing Drug Disease Consequence Tests Overcoming Abuse Prepared Substance Going Away Substance Abuse

Author:Lindsay Lohan

“Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.”

Work Failing Failure Planning Preparation Preparing Recreation Preparing To Fail

Author:Mike Murdock

“Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail.”

Ifs Done Song Work Attention Careers Failing Projects Paid Notes Listeners

Author:Frank Sinatra

“Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apostolic, though Peter or Paul were its author. And no Book which does preach Christ can fail to be apostolic, although Judas, Ananias, Pilate, or Herod were its author.”

Way Doe Book Christ Work Failing Masters Failure Tests Scripture Servant Peter Judas Apostolic Herod

Author:Martin Luther

“Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach.”

“The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail.”

“When a child makes a mistake or fails to accomplish a certain goal, we must avoid any word or action which indicates that we consider him a failure. 'Too bad that didn't work.' 'I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.' We need to separate the deed from the doer.”