A failure establishes only ...

A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
 Christian Nestell Bovee

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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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A mother's love is indeed the golden link that binds youth to age; and he is still but a child, however time may have furrowed his cheek, or silvered his brow, who can yet recall, with a softened heart, the fond devotion, or the gentle chidings, of the best friend that God gives us.
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One must have been, at some time or other, in a situation where a small sum was as necessary almost as life itself, with no more ability to raise it than to raise the dead, before he can fully appreciate the value of money.
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Most books fail, not so much from a want of ability in their authors, as from an absence in their productions of a thorough development of their ability.
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