A very small cause which escapes our notice determines a considerable effect that we cannot fail to see, and then we say that the effect is due to chance.
I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own.
Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.
If you're unwilling to try new things and to fail and learn, you don't have a shot. That doesn't mean you are going to be successful, but you have to try to change.
Any bailout of a private company is a bad decision by our federal government. Private companies have the right to succeed, but they also should have the right to fail.
In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it.
Ultimately, health care fails the most basic test. It's not organized around the needs of the patient.
Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits.
Those who make happiness the chief objective of life are bound to fail, for happiness is a by-product rather than an end in itself.
When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.
I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.
Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved?
Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well.
I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.
People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society.
Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.
Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.
I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian.
I think that if my kids are completely convinced of God's unfailing love for them, whether they fail or not, they'll have confidence to persevere in life.
Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original God: the earth and nature.
I cannot fail to call the congregation to worship God, to listen to his Word, to offer themselves to God.
