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Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
"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.
With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
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.
I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.
I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay read more
My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.
[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.
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.]