Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.

Quote by Beatrix Potter

Topics: Failure Quotes, Fear Quotes, Success Quotes

Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in...

Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in...

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of...

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of...

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife....

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife....

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.