They only fall, that strive ...

They only fall, that strive to move, Or lose, that care to keep.
 Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

Quotes from the same author

The man who seeks one thing in life and but one, May hope to achieve it before life is done; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows, A harvest of barren regrets.
 Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
We are our own fates.- Our deeds are our own doomsmen.- Man's life was made not for creeds but actions.
 Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton