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 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. 
 We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single 
excuse.  
 We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single 
excuse. 
 In the lexicon of youth, which
 Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word
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 In the lexicon of youth, which
 Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word
  As--fail! 
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.
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.
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.
 He beat the bushes without taking the birds.
 [Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.]  
 He beat the bushes without taking the birds.
 [Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.] 
He that is down can fall no lower.
He that is down can fall no lower.