Lord, this humble house we'd keep Sweet with play and calm with sleep. Help us so that we may give Beauty to the lives we live. Let Thy love and let Thy grace Shine upon our dwelling place.
Edgar GuestRead
The timid and fearful first failures dismay, but the stout heart stays trying by night and by day. He values his failures as lessons that teach The one way to get to the goal he would reach.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Fear of failure can discourage many, but those with courage learn from their failures and persistently strive for their goals.
This quote by Edgar Guest emphasizes the importance of resilience and perseverance in the face of setbacks. While fear and disappointment can paralyze those who lack courage, it is the steadfast individual who recognizes failures as valuable lessons, continuously striving towards their aspirations regardless of the obstacles encountered along the way.
Themes
FailurePerseveranceResilienceLearningGoals
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about overcoming challenges.
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All quotes →Who does his task from day to day and meets whatever comes his way, Believing God has willed it so, has found real greatness here below. Who guards his post, no matter where, believing God must need him there, Although but lowly toil it be, has risen to nobility. For great and low there's just one test, 'tis that each man shall do his best, Who works with all the strength he can, shall never die in debt to man.
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I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me. I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be; I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day, as you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way.
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But keep on working and hoping still. For in spite of the grumblers who stand about, somehow, it seems, all things work out.
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At Christmas A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here; Then he's thinking more of others than he's thought the months before, And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for. He is less a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime.
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Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.
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