We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. Pierre Corneille French Dramatist More Pierre Corneille Quotes 5
My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet. Mahatma Gandhi Indian Philosopher More Mahatma Gandhi Quotes 2
No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him. Rev. W.A. Nance More Rev. W.A. Nance Quotes 2
He was very self-effacing and shy. He was not one to wear his successes on his sleeve or advertise them to the public. Harry Lewis More Harry Lewis Quotes 1
I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes. Humphry Davy British Scientist More Humphry Davy Quotes 1
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned. Dag Hammarskjold Swedish Diplomat More Dag Hammarskjold Quotes 0
I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes. Jay Inslee American Politician More Jay Inslee Quotes 0
We had some major successes and we did so because the country embraced the spirit of Earth Day and embraced this concept that we have to have forward-looking, visionary environmental policy and energy policy in this country. Jay Inslee American Politician More Jay Inslee Quotes 0
Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes. Jerry B. Jenkins American Novelist More Jerry B. Jenkins Quotes 0
Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile. Dean Kamen American Inventor More Dean Kamen Quotes 0
This enemy of peace in the world today is unlike any we have seen in the past, and our military is learning from, and building on, previous successes while carrying peace and freedom into the future. Mark Kennedy American Politician More Mark Kennedy Quotes 0
Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything. Norman Lear American Producer More Norman Lear Quotes 0
Since September 11, 2001, the powerful coalition of nations, led by the United States, has seen many successes against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. It is imperative that we remain united and steadfast in the quest to defeat terrorism around the world. Kenny Marchant American Politician More Kenny Marchant Quotes 0
It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes. Flannery O'Connor American Author More Flannery O'Connor Quotes 0
We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors. Norman Vincent Peale American Clergyman More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes 0
I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes, as a performer and a recording artist, that I wasn't saying anything. Boz Scaggs American Musician More Boz Scaggs Quotes 0
I count myself fortunate to be able to contribute to this work; and the great interest which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has shown in my work and the recognition that it has paid to my past successes, convince me that I am not on the wrong track. Pieter Zeeman Dutch Physicist More Pieter Zeeman Quotes 0
In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes - a virtuous cycle of change. Abdallah II More Abdallah II Quotes 0
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. Albert Camus French Philosopher More Albert Camus Quotes 0
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. Denis Waitley American Writer More Denis Waitley Quotes 0
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes. Denis Waitley American Writer More Denis Waitley Quotes 0
One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. Anton Chekhov Russian Dramatist More Anton Chekhov Quotes 0
Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice. Agatha Christie English Writer More Agatha Christie Quotes 0
We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness. Pierre Corneille French Dramatist More Pierre Corneille Quotes 0
Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. John Dewey American Philosopher More John Dewey Quotes 0