Sentence examples for resilient to fail from inspiring English sources

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Daraya, a town on the outskirts of Damascus famous for its carpentry and fertile fields, has emerged as an example that illustrates the dichotomy of the Syrian uprising: a revolt that seems too resilient to fail and too vulnerable to endure.

"We are certain that foreign interference, terrorists and suspicious measures which have targeted the resilient Syrian people are doomed to fail," said the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast, in quotes carried by the website of Iran's state English-language television channel, Press TV.

The Stamp Tax of 1712 had a damping effect, as intended, but magazines proved endlessly resilient, easy to start and easy to fail, then as now.

Trusting in the strength of our own heart to keep going, while all the time being willing to fail and know that our heart is strong and resilient enough to try again.

Seawalls began to fail.

Too big to fail.

To fail" (Sontag).

Fail to prepare; prepare to fail.

Better to fail?

As a matter of simple historical fact, the "more resilient" in Mr. Harrison's version of history is exactly the same as observing that those banks were seen by officials as "too big to fail".

Failing to plan is planing to fail.