The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art read more

The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which read more

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, read more

If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, tho it be in the woods.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

We are the doubles of those whose way
Was festal with fruits and flowers;
Body and brain read more

We are the doubles of those whose way
Was festal with fruits and flowers;
Body and brain we were sound as they,
But the prizes were not ours.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Behind every successful man lurks a truly amazed ex-mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man lurks a truly amazed ex-mother-in-law.