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.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The read more

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough .

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough .

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.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Here's to the men who lose!
What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd
And watched read more

Here's to the men who lose!
What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd
And watched with zealous care;
No glorious halo crowns their efforts grand--
Contempt is Failure's share!

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

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