Success and Failure

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.

Hubert Humphrey, in Success and Failure

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

Daisaku Ikeda, in Success and Failure

Delay is preferable to error.

Thomas Jefferson, in Success and Failure

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Thomas Jefferson, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

If someone had told me I would be pope one day, I would have studied harder.

Pope John Paul I, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

Every man wishes to rule the world. Unfortunately, the world rules every man.

Jeremy Preston Johnson, in Success and Failure

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again.

Franklin P. Jones, in Success and Failure

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

James Joyce, in Success and Failure

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Alan Kay, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.

Danny Kaye, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

John Keats, in Success and Failure

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Helen Keller, in Success and Failure

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

Walt Kelly, in Success and Failure

Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.

Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Success is a journey, not a destination.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

The last time you failed, did you stop trying because you failed -- or did you fail because you stopped trying?

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

The more you know, the less you need to show.

Unknown, in Success and Failure