If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. ~Quentin Crisp, c. 1968 If at first you don't succeed, try a little ardor. ~Author unknown, c. 1960s If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. ~Anthony McAuliffe, 1960s, unverified If at first you don't succeed, try reading the instructions! ~Harry Stine, 1962
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.
Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out. Success is not the key to happiness.
If at first you don't succeed you're running about average. ~M. H. Alderson, quoted in Reader's Digest, 1955 If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. ~W.
If at first you don’t succeed, Try again. Then your courage should appear; For if you will persevere, You will conquer, never fear, Try again. Once or twice though you should fail, If you would at last prevail, Try again.
Many sources say that the first known written record of this proverb is in American educator Thomas H Palmer's Teacher's Manual (1840):#N#'Tis a lesson you should heed,#N#Try, try again.#N#If at first you don't succeed,#N#Try, try again.#N#And that Edward Hickson later popularized it in his book The Singing Master. But if sources are correct, The Singing Master was published in 1836, placing it earlier than Palmer's work.#N#Either way, it seems there is agreement that it was Edward Hickson who popularized the adage through his moral song, the full lyrics of which are:#N#'Tis a lesson you should heed–#N#Try again;#N#If at first you don’t succeed,#N#Try again.#N#Then your courage should appear;#N#For if you will persevere,#N#You will conquer, never fear,#N#Try again.#N#Once or twice though you should fail,#N#If you would at last prevail,#N#Try again.#N#If we strive, 'tis no disgrace#N#Though we did not win the race–#N#What should you do in that case?#N#Try again.#N#If you find your task is hard.#N#Try again;#N#Time will bring you your reward,#N#Try again;#N#All that other folk can do,#N#Why with patience should not you?#N#Only keep this rule in view,#N#Try again.#N#Some say that the essence of the expression has its roots long before this date, pointing to Robert 1 of Scotland (Robert the Bruce), a 14th century king who, the legend says, having suffered a major defeat at the hands of the English, went into hiding in a cave near Gretna (close to the border of Scotland and England). While there he watched a spider trying to spin a web. Each time the spider failed, it simply started again. The story goes that Robert was so inspired by the little arachnid that he left the cave and returned to lead his troops in a series of victories against the English.
Some say that the essence of the expression has its roots long before this date, pointing to Robert 1 of Scotland (Robert the Bruce), a 14th century king who, the legend says, having suffered a major defeat at the hands of the English, went into hiding in a cave near Gretna (close to the border of Scotland and England).
Palmer (1782-1861) wrote in his 'Teacher's Manual': 'Tis a lesson you should heed, try, try again. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.'. The saying was popularized by Edward Hickson (1803-70) in his 'Moral Song' and is now applicable to any kind of activity.".
"IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN. Don't give up too easily; persistence pays off in the end. The proverb has been traced back to 'Teacher's Manual' by American educator Thomas H. Palmer and 'The Children of the New Forest' by English novelist Frederick Maryat (1792-1848). Originally a maxim used to encourage American schoolchildren to do their homework. Palmer (1782-1861) wrote in his 'Teacher's Manual': 'Tis a lesson you should heed, try, try again. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.' The saying was popularized by Edward Hickson (1803-70) in his 'Moral Song' and is now applicable to any kind of activity." From Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996, Page 154).
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. Orison Swett Marden. Success Courage Struggle. No man succeeds without a good woman behind him.
Quotes to Explore. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill. Success Courage Failure. Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier. Success Day Success Is. Success is not the key to happiness.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. Mike Ditka. Success Money Peace. However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Stephen Hawking. Life Success Difficult. All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. Mark Twain.
There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen. Jim Lovell.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. Bill Gates. Success Teacher Thinking. Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. David Frost. Love Success Do What You Love. Eighty percent of success is showing up.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Albert Schweitzer. Love Success Happiness. Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. Booker T. Washington.
There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it. Cripp's Law: When traveling with children on one's holidays, at least one child of any number of children will request a rest room stop exactly halfway between any two given rest areas. Cropp's Law:
Kamin's First Law: All currencies will decrease in value and purchasing power over the long term, unless they are freely and fully convertable into gold and that gold is traded freely without restrictions of any kind. Kamin's Second Law: Threat of capital controls accelerates marginal capital outflows.
Corollary 2: When one has an early class, one's roommate will invariably enter the space late at night and suddenly become hyperactive, ill, violent, or all three. Douglas's Law of Practical Aeronautics:
Donohue's Law: Anything worth doing is worth doing for money. Donsen's Law: The specialist learns more and more about less and less until, finally, he knows everything about nothing; whereas the generalist learns less and less about more and more until, finally, he knows nothing about everything.
Wynne's Law : Negative slack tends to increase. Wyszkowski's Theorem: Regardless of the units used by either the supplier or the customer, the manufacturer shall use his own arbitrary units convertible to those of either the supplier or the customer only by means of weird and unnatural conversion factors.
The squeaky hinge gets the oil. Dhawan' s Laws for the Non-Smoker: The cigarette smoke always drifts in the direction of the non-smoker regardless of the direction of the breeze. The amount of pleasure derived from a cigarette is directly proportional to the number of non-smokers in the vicinity.
Murphy's Laws of sex. The more beautiful the woman is who loves you, the easier it is to leave her with no hard feelings. Nothing improves with age. No matter how many times you've had it, if it's offered take it, because it'll never be quite the same again. Sex has no calories.