Sentence examples for succeed not for from inspiring English sources

I wished for me to succeed, not for you all to be crazy and think that everything that comes through I have to take it.' You know what I mean?" And sometimes well-wishers are just getting up in your business.

Considine writes: The world needs Dubai to succeed — not least for geo-political reasons.

It is very important that Egypt should succeed: not only for the 85 million Egyptians (expected to be 100 million by 2025), but also for the entire Arab world (currently at 350 million, expected to reach 590 million by 2050).

I wondered if I was too lazy, too restless to succeed, not cut out for the kind of heels-dug-in effort that creative careers require.

To achieve that depends on whatever approach is most likely to succeed, not on temporary victories for one party or another.

They will have succeeded not only for themselves but for all Californians.

The iPod, for instance, succeeded not just because of its sleek form, but because, in conjunction with iTunes, it solved so many of the problems of buying and storing music.

Many, believing they can turn personal passions into careers, don't understand the business acumen required to gain entry or succeed in not-for-profits.

Had I not go on to have a writing career, they would have reminded me that I did at least try and that the reason I did not succeed was not for want of effort.

The raid might have succeeded if not for the train's conductor, who pursued the hijackers on foot ("this seemed to be funny to some of the crowd," he said later, "but it wasn't so to me") and then by handcar and a series of three engines.

A source tells ScienceInsider that Zhang's membership might have succeeded if not for an impassioned speech by an influential academician who derided Zhang's credentials just before the final round of voting.