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The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle! O Jonathan,
thou wast slain in thine high places.
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle! O Jonathan,
thou wast slain in thine high places.
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.
A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in the experience.
A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in the experience.
There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.
There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.
Try and fail, but don't fail to try.
Try and fail, but don't fail to try.
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.
He that is down can fall no lower.
He that is down can fall no lower.
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.]