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.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.

Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Make up your mind, read more

Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Make up your mind, you'll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.

I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.

I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.

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.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

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.