Realizing Faults Quotes & Sayings

Winners do not whine, they roar. Let me hear you roar! — Ken Polson

I better make the plot good. I wanted to make it grip people on the first page and have a big turning point in the middle, as there is, and construct the whole thing like a roller coaster ride. — Mark Haddon

If you let the image of the messenger get in the way of whatever message there may be, however large or small, that's your problem, not his. — Harlan Ellison

Fame is not won on downy plumes nor under canopies; the man who consumes his days without obtaining it leaves such mark of himself on earth as smoke in air or foam on water. — Dante Alighieri

I thank God that you know the art of tearing yourself apart - I mean the way to humble yourself truly by recognizing and realizing your faults. You are right in believing yourself to be as you describe and to be most unsuitable for any kind of duty; it is on this foundation that Our Lord will base the execution of His plans for you. — Vincent De Paul

Nevada's one of the most conservative states in the Union, but you can do what you want in Vegas and nobody judges you. — Drew Carey

We're all living contradictions, trying to survive in a world filled with hypocrites — Eric Jerome Dickey

Every president to hold office has espoused some version of Americanism - the truths that we hold self-evident, even when those truths are not always in evidence. But for all their grand rhetoric and mostly good deeds, none was able to seal the deal on the trifecta of equality, plurality and socioeconomic ascendancy. Obama has. — John Ridley

Some of these beginners, too, make little of their faults, and at other times become over-sad when they see themselves fall into them, thinking themselves to have been saints already; and thus they become angry and impatient with themselves, which is another imperfection. Often they beseech God, with great yearnings, that He will take from them their imperfections and faults, but they do this that they may find themselves at peace, and may not be troubled by them, rather than for God's sake; not realizing that, if He should take their imperfections from them, they would probably become prouder and more presumptuous still. They dislike praising others and love to be praised themselves; sometimes they seek out such praise. Herein they are like the foolish virgins, who, when their lamps could not be lit, sought oil from others. — San Juan De La Cruz

CalArts was incredible for me. It's a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to. — Derek Magyar

My feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job
that he isn't worth discussing. — Isaac Asimov

Setbacks in trying to realize the ideal do not prove that the ideal is at fault. — Dag Hammarskjold