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 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.]

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

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

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Greatly begin! Though thou have time
But for a line, be that sublime--
Not failure, but low read more

Greatly begin! Though thou have time
But for a line, be that sublime--
Not failure, but low aim is crime.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Failed the bright promise of your early day?

Failed the bright promise of your early day?

[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 only real failure in life is the failure to try.

The only real failure in life is the failure to try.