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Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Never say
"Fail" again.
Never say
"Fail" again.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
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You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed--I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to read more
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed--I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
Why, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art curst
Still to be near but ne'er to reach the first.
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Why, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art curst
Still to be near but ne'er to reach the first.
[Lat., Nam quamvis prope to, quamvis temone sub uno
Verentem sese, frustra sectabere cantum
Cum rota posterior curras et in axe secundo.]
Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.
Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.
I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I read more
I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
Now a' is done that men can do,
And a' is done in vain.
Now a' is done that men can do,
And a' is done in vain.