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.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

He that is down can fall no lower.

He that is down can fall no lower.

[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.

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.

The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything--and it works.

The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything--and it works.

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

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

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong

Here's to the men who lose!
What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd
And watched read more

Here's to the men who lose!
What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd
And watched with zealous care;
No glorious halo crowns their efforts grand--
Contempt is Failure's share!