We are feeble, weak and impoverished because of our failure to pray. God is restrained in doing because we are restrained by reason of our non-praying. All failures in securing heaven are traceable to lack of prayer or misdirected petition. Edward McKendree Bounds failurefeeblegod share on social
So long as TARP money is wrapped up in GM, the company will never shake its 'Government Motors' image. That label, as competitors and GM employees are keenly aware, is code for one thing: 'GM is a failure.' awarecodecompany share on social
The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society. Paddy Ashdown civilcreatefailure Change image and share on social
One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. John W. Gardner failurelearnpeople Change image and share on social
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. Benjamin Disraeli destinefailurepeople Change image and share on social
I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger. Molly Ringwald failurepreparesuccess Change image and share on social
I felt a failure because I couldn't sustain myself from what I earned from my writing. My day jobs were what mattered, and it was hard to even get those because universities wouldn't hire me as a real writer. Sandra Cisneros dayearnfailure share on social
I don't know if it's a failure of imagination on my part, but I'm not going to be writing about Paris in the 1800s. I feel like it would come off as just ludicrously uninformed, even if I did a lot of research. Maria Semple 1800sfailurefeel share on social
I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to measure the calculated result, it is a meaningless number. Henry Petroski calculatecalculationcriterion share on social
