We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

Topics: Failure Quotes

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the...

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the...

Payday came and with it beer

Payday came and with it beer

He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.

He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.

For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by...

For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by...

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple...

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple...

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't...

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't...

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

But, through the shift of mood and mood, Mine ancient humor saves him whole The...

But, through the shift of mood and mood, Mine ancient humor saves him whole The...

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

You may write it on his tombstone, You may cut it on his card, That...

You may write it on his tombstone, You may cut it on his card, That...

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!...

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!...

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me...

If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me...

It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior...

It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior...

And How and Where and Who.

And How and Where and Who.

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long...

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long...

Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told...

Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told...

It's clever, but is it Art?

It's clever, but is it Art?