I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Failure Quotes

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

Saintliness is also a temptation

Saintliness is also a temptation

Tempt not a desperate man.

Tempt not a desperate man.