I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I read more

I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.

Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.

Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

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.

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle! O Jonathan,
thou wast slain in thine high places.

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle! O Jonathan,
thou wast slain in thine high places.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

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.