#failing

We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children. ↗

— John Sculley

#abuse #children #educate #expect #failings

It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#failing #own #restrain #violence #youth

Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on popular support, are held accountable for failing to improve the lives of their citizens. Therefore, they have a powerful incentive to keep their societies peaceful and prosperous. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#citizens #democratic #democratic leaders #dependent #failing

Work creates an enormous sense of self and I saw that in my mother. She was an enormous, towering figure to me in the best possible way. I picked up a lot of things from her in the way that I work... I also picked up a lot of the failings of when your father doesn't have those things and that results in a house that turns into a minefield. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#best #creates #enormous #failings #father

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember. ↗

— Ben Stein

#began #beginning #each #fail #failing

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember. ↗

— Anne Sullivan

#again #began #beginning #each #fail

If my duty does involve heralding His law in every arena, then the Church in America is failing radically today. ↗

— Randall Terry

#arena #church #does #duty #every

Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#also #exploitation #failings #friendship #help

You know what 'FAILING' stands for? It stands for 'Finding An Important Lesson, Inviting Needed Growth.' ↗

— Gary Busey

#finding #growth #important #important lesson #inviting

We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world. ↗

— Charles Kettering

#arts #cause #disgrace #educated #every