#fail

Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the shadow instead of the substance. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#also #architect #assign #fails #forms

It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#doubts #fail #how #learned

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. ↗

— Colin Powell

#bringing #care #case #concluded #confidence

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. ↗

— Colin Powell

#hard #hard work #learning #loyalty #perfection

In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'. ↗

— Colin Powell

#company #constantly #disappointments #expect #failures

I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say. ↗

— Bobby Rahal

#i #rather #say #than #they say

What the Lib Dems have failed to do is offer any meaningful agenda for government or for power. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#any #failed #government #lib #meaningful

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#because #fail #go #happens #large

Because of President Obama's failed record on nearly every issue from the economy to the deficit to Medicare, the Obama campaign has become increasingly dirty, despicable, and desperate. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#become #campaign #deficit #desperate #despicable

Obama sees everything backward. Where Americans see individual achievement, he sees government's work. Where we see failing companies, he sees innovation worth subsidizing. Where we see the need for economic growth, he sees a need for higher taxes. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#backward #companies #economic #economic growth #everything