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

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Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

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...

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...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

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...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross...

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross...

Then a dog began to howl somewhere in a farming house far down the road...

Then a dog began to howl somewhere in a farming house far down the road...