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.

I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.

I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.

Now a' is done that men can do,
And a' is done in vain.

Now a' is done that men can do,
And a' is done in vain.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

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.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that read more

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
With the read more

You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.

In the lexicon of youth, which
Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word
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In the lexicon of youth, which
Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word
As--fail!

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single
excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single
excuse.