The men who miss success have two general alibis: 'I'm not a genius' is one; the other, 'There aren't the opportunities today there used to be.' Neither excuse holds. The first is beside the point; the second is altogether wrong.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.
More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.
Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.
Clever men are good, but they are not the best.
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.
It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.
Men are born to succeed, not to fail.