Failure is only postponed success as long as courage ‘coaches’ ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. less than 1 minute read
Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books. less than 1 minute read
I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don’t know if I’m the monarch of all I survey. less than 1 minute read
No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War leaders talk of resuming operations on this front and that, but man’s front embraces the whole universe. less than 1 minute read
The freedom to fail is vital if you’re going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success. less than 1 minute read
No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes. less than 1 minute read
Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength. less than 1 minute read
Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime. less than 1 minute read
My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States. less than 1 minute read
