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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.
Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill
you have shown in keeping clear of the read more
Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill
you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit
once in so many trials, argues the most splendid talents for
missing.
Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
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.]
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three read more
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have .
The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears.
[Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam read more
The camel set out to get him horns and was shorn of his ears.
[Lat., Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures perdidit.]
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
[Oxford] Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs and unpopular
names and impossible loyalties.
[Oxford] Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs and unpopular
names and impossible loyalties.
"All honor to him who shall win the prize,"
The world has cried for a thousand years;
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"All honor to him who shall win the prize,"
The world has cried for a thousand years;
But to him who tries and fails and dies,
I give great honor and glory and tears.
