I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that read more

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

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.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

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.

And each forgets, as he strips and runs
With a brilliant, fitful pace,
It's the steady, quiet, read more

And each forgets, as he strips and runs
With a brilliant, fitful pace,
It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones
Who win in the lifelong race.
And each forgets that his youth has fled,
Forgets that his prime is past,
Till he stands one day, with a hope that's dead,
In the glare of the truth at last.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single
excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single
excuse.