We do not quit playing ...

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.
We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

Quotes from the same author

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.