To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

So much to do, so little done, such things to be.

So much to do, so little done, such things to be.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, read more

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.

The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.

The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.