Greatly begin! Though thou have time
But for a line, be that sublime--
Not failure, but low read more

Greatly begin! Though thou have time
But for a line, be that sublime--
Not failure, but low aim is crime.

You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
With the read more

You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.

There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.

There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.

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.

"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.

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.]

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.