Gail Devers

Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can't allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn't think we could be that strong.

American Athlete

Dwayne Johnson

I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids' dreams, but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We've all stumbled, and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again.

American Actor

Ezra Taft Benson

Mothers, stay close to your daughters. Earn and deserve their love and respect. Be united with their father in the rearing of your children. Do nothing in your life to cause your daughters to stumble because of your example.

American Leader

Kazuo Ishiguro

I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of which I had thought about, some of which I had sort of stumbled on and many that I had no control over whatsoever.

Japanese Author

Gianluigi Buffon

I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, but I think that's normal for someone who wants to grow and develop. You will have to overcome plenty of obstacles, and it is normal that you should stumble sometimes.

Italian Athlete

Gilbert Hernandez

When you're young you don't know anything, but you have lot of energy to express yourself. So you make a lot of mistakes and you stumble, but you also get a lot of truth from within.

American Artist

Erin Brockovich

I always say I stumbled on the information about the poison in Hinkley's drinking water because I was sort of stumbling about in my life at that time generally, as a single mother.

American Activist

Winston Churchill

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.

British Statesman

Mike White

People kind of stumble their way through life a lot of times.

Writer

William Shakespeare

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

English Playwright

Used when someone physically trips or loses their footing.

Literal Tripping

Describes actions that happen by accident, not intentionally.

Accidental Actions

Focuses on the physical aspect of movement involving losing balance.

Physical Movement

Refers to someone having trouble speaking fluently.

Speaking Difficulties

Often happens under pressure or in stressful situations.

Performance Pressure

Acknowledges that errors can occur in various activities.

Mistakes Happen

Emphasizes finding something by chance rather than by looking.

Unexpected Discovery

The discovery is often surprising or not anticipated.

Surprise Element

Sometimes used to describe a fortunate or happy accidental finding.

Serendipity

 we were pushing aside these ice chunks trying to get into waves. It was an incredible experience, one I'll never forget, because amidst those harsh conditions, I felt like I stumbled onto one of the last quiet places, somewhere that I found a clarity and a connection with the world I knew I would never find on a crowded beach.

Chris Burkard: The joy...

 how ideas don't arrive in the world fully formed rather they're stumbled upon we tend to stumble upon greatness Pixar went from a failing software company to accessible film company by putting lots of little bets out into the world and seeing what worked and this is something you see in popular culture as

The surprising key to...

 If you stumbled upon this living arrangement, you might just think that the whole thing was one organism, that the green photosynthetic bacteria were just a part of the blob that performed one of its life functions, just like your heart is a part of you that performs the function of pumping your blood.

How we think complex...

 my own suffering began to feel like it had revealed to me the suffering of others. I was entering a world of people just like me, people stumbling around in the debris of dreams they thought they were entitled to and plans they didn't realize they had made.

"Everything happens for...

 contains or remains a stumbling block far out of proportion to what it actually means, and a stumbling block to people who otherwise might be happy to out themselves. So, what other words might be used to smooth the path, oil the wheels, sugar the pill?

Militant atheism PIPE...

 but that night was one of the saddest and longest nights of my life. I woke up the next morning. I glanced down at the phone, and I realized I had kicked it off the hook when pacing the day before. I stumbled out of bed,

How to practice...

 So as much as my machines can seem like simple engineering slapstick, I realize that I stumbled on something bigger than that. It's this expression of joy and humility that often gets lost in engineering,

Why you should make...

 But when he glanced back, he was astounded to see the bedraggled princess stumbling along. He’d never seen such devotion to the dead, and he honored her dedication with one final wish.

Savitri and Satyavan:...

 he stumbled across something strangely out of place in the pentanal's wild plains it's building up a head and definitely abandoned no sign of light or life at all

Vampire Bat Colony Found...

 aji mu stumbled across the ruins he wrote about the city and drew it attracting the attention of the wider world but the questions had only just

Stumble