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Failed the bright promise of your early day?
Failed the bright promise of your early day?
Try and fail, but don't fail to try.
Try and fail, but don't fail to try.
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.
In the lexicon of youth, which
Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word
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In the lexicon of youth, which
Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word
As--fail!
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.]
If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. read more
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing read more
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes. -George Soros.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.