Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Youth is wholly experimental

Youth is wholly experimental

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make...

The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make...

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can...

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can...

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its...

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its...

You gotta be careful with your body. Your body is like a bar of soap....

You gotta be careful with your body. Your body is like a bar of soap....

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to...

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to...

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice...

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice...