The world knows but little of failures, and cares less. The world only
watches the successes.
Stop worrying over things that can't be helped and go and do things
that can be done.
Few people care a continental for your failure. Few, if any, will
help.
You may sit and magnify your mistakes, mourn and go mad over your
blunders, but men will only smile that cynical smile and say of you,
"He's no good."
Self-pity, sympathy soliciting, wishing and wailing will only let you
down lower. Brace up. Brush up. Think up. And you will get up. Think
down. Look down. Act down. And you will stay down.
Paint your face with a smile. Advertise that you are a success. Then
think and work for it.
Whatever you think you are is the price they will pay.
In every contest of life, remember the shell must fit the gun.
_It Couldn't Be Done_
Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.
So he buckled right in, with a trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done--and he did it.
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