Life is a compromise between ...

Life is a compromise between fate and free will.
Life is a compromise between fate and free will.

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Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
A failure is a man who has blundered but is not capable of cashing in on the experience.