“And each forgets, as he strips and runs With a brilliant, fitful pace, It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones Who win in the lifelong race. And each forgets that his youth has fled, Forgets that his prime is past, Till he stands one day, with a hope that's dead, In the glare of the truth at last.” RunningLastsPastWinningForgetRaceYouthFailureOne DayQuietBrilliantPrimePaceSteadyLifelongGlare Book:Robert W. Service: Selected Poetry and Prose Source: Robert W. Service: Selected Poetry and Prose
“The failure of the past philosophers is largely the failure to see the self-evident.” SelfPhilosophyPastFailurePhilosopherEvident Author:Kedar Joshi
“Complaints are vain; we will try to. do better another time. To-morrow and to-morrow. A few designs and a few failures, and the time of designing is past.” TryingPastDesignFailureVainComplaintsMorrowAnother Time Book:Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Source: Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.