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If a man stumbles, it is a good thing to help him to his feet. Every one of us needs a helping hand now and then.

There is little place in active life for the timid good man.

almost any man can do a great deal, if he will, by getting the utmost possible service out of the qualities that he actually possesses

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

Genius is 1 per cent. inspiration and 99 per cent. perspiration.

A regret for the mistakes of yesterday must not, however, blind us to the tasks of today.

But what, to our eyes, may seem hopeless failure is often but the dawning of a greater success.

Failure is often the rock-bottom foundation of real success.

Failure is often the turning-point, the pivot of circumstance that swings us to higher levels.

High ideals, noble efforts will make seeming failures but trifles, they need not dishearten us; they should prove sources of new strength.

Life is a successive unfolding of success from failure.

Life is not really what comes to us, but what we get from it.

Many of our failures sweep us to greater heights of success, than we ever hoped for in our wildest dreams.

But the true competition is the competition of the individual with himself,--his present seeking to excel his past.

If we seek ever to surpass ourselves, we are moving on a uniform line of progress, that gives a harmonious unifying to our growth in all its parts.

Life is but a succession of opportunities. They are for good or evil,--as we make them.

Man can develop his self-reliance by seeking constantly to surpass himself.

Self-confidence sees the possibilities of the individual; self-reliance realizes them.

To him, defeat is no more than passing through a tunnel is to a traveller,--he knows he must emerge again into the sunlight.

But if you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the circuses.

If I have learned anything in my time traveling the world, it is the power of hope.

If you want to change the world don’t ever, ever ring the bell.

If you want to change the world sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first.

If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle.

If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.