A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.Quote by Winston Churchill about war, man
Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives.Quote by Lester Bangs about companies, man
Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.Quote by Paula Abdul about nation, people
Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.Quote by Kevin Bacon about use, man
I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.Quote by Victoria Abril about dance, school, night
An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.Quote by Walter Bagehot about quiet
Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.Quote by Scott Adams about obstacles, purpose, failure
It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about sin, love
All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.Quote by James Lane Allen about man
The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.Quote by George W. Bush about nation, people
I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.Quote by George Gordon Byron about criminals, man, fairy tales
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed its point.Quote by Maria Callas about music, heart
At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.Quote by Albert Camus about people, defects, numbers, things, man
It was a little scary because a similar thing had happened with Fountain City, the failed novel, all sorts of disparate themes running together; in that book I trusted my instincts but it didn't work. I couldn't get it to hang together.Quote by Michael Chabon about city, work, things
The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.Quote by Agatha Christie about happiness, good, good luck, people
I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.Quote by Winston Churchill about fight, country, moment
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.Quote by Winston Churchill about war, work, life
In general, certain conclusions are possible from these data. They fail to prove that psychotherapy, Freudian or otherwise, facilitates the recovery of neurotic patients.Quote by Hans Eysenck