“Failure is usually boring. It is the credible but unrealized threat of failure that is interesting.”

“Prayer is my chief work; by it I carry on all else. Prayer is the nearest approach to God and the highest enjoyment of him that we are capable of in this life. It is the noblest exercise of the soul. It is the most exalted use of our best faculties. It is the highest imitation of the blessed beings of heaven.”

“Failure is not having the courage to try, nothing more an nothing less.”

“Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure.”

“I love you. I will love you till the stars crumble, which is a less idle threat than is usual to lovers on parting.”

“Every event has a purpose and every setback a lesson. Failure is essential to personal expansion. It brings inner growth and a whole host of psychic rewards. Never regret your past. Rather embrace it as the teacher it is.”

“If you are still breathing maybe it is not such a bad day after all...”