There's more things that I'd like to do. You know, each song is a little bit of a puzzle. I see most of them as just failed attempts.
During the Cold War, the non-aligned movement tried to become a 'third force' in world politics, but failed because it was too large and unwieldy.
Towards my husband, I often fail to show interest in his affairs and amusements, not rousing myself to respond when I'm tired or concerned with other things, forgetting he is very patient with me.
Your patience would fail you if I should continue to relate all the disrespectful speeches and treatment which your servants have been obliged to listen to and patiently to bear.
Transforming Moment" yes I got it. I Committed. I Tried. I Executed. I Failed. I Motivated. I Succeed.
This pursuit of unavailable distant people has oedipal roots. … fearing the consequences, they make certain that they fail at the attempt.” ―Distancing, Kantor (p.115)
You can always try another approach; even change your subject when a scientific strategy or experiment fails.
Life is like a test. If you get love right, you get everything else right. If you get love wrong, you fail the test.
And I was fairly certain that my strong-enough-for-King-Kong-but-made-for-a-woman deodorant had utterly failed. --Doom with a View
Few people understand the magnitude of the catastrophe that happened late in the 1980s when the Communist Party had failed to modernize the Soviet Union.
When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.
Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for.
I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number.
Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak.
Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.
I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.
Once you truly understand that it is okay to lose or fail, you have nothing to fear, and only then, can nothing in this world hold you back.
Strive to follow your big dreams. If you fail, cherish the valuable experience gained during the process. There’s always a second time.
We're beautiful devices. The devices work well; we're all experts in what we do. But when the mechanism fails, those failures can tell you a lot about how the mind works.
In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
