Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream...

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.