The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

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Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.

Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.

A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll...

A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll...

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Obviously a major malfunction.

Obviously a major malfunction.

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in...

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in...

When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.

When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage ''coaches'' ambition. The habit of persistence...

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage ''coaches'' ambition. The habit of persistence...

When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be...

When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be...

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

No man fails who does his best.

No man fails who does his best.

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit....

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit....

Nothing succeeds like -- failure.

Nothing succeeds like -- failure.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone...

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone...

Nothing fails like success.

Nothing fails like success.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

He who fails to plan, plans to fail

He who fails to plan, plans to fail

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

A man may fall many times, but he won't be a failure until he says...

A man may fall many times, but he won't be a failure until he says...

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Steroids is cheating, and winning without honor is not winning.

Steroids is cheating, and winning without honor is not winning.