Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Max Beerbohm Excellence, Mediocrity, Quality, Uplifting You May Also Like There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper. By John Ruskin Competition, Excellence I was fired from my first three jobs, which in a funny way gave me the courage to go into business for myself. By Alfred C. Fuller Courage, Failure, Job, Uplifting A problem is a chance for you to do your best. By Duke Ellington Hope, Motivational, Opportunity, Uplifting ’Tis better to have fought and lost, than never to have fought at all. By Arthur Clough Empowering, Losing, Motivational, Uplifting I don’t deserve this, but then again, I have arthritis, and I don’t deserve that either. By Jack Benny, accepting an award Awards, Funny, Uplifting There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them. By Clare Boothe Luce Courage, Empowering, Hope, Inspirational, Uplifting You May Also Like from Max Beerbohm There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success. By Max Beerbohm Failure, Positive, Success
There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper. By John Ruskin Competition, Excellence
I was fired from my first three jobs, which in a funny way gave me the courage to go into business for myself. By Alfred C. Fuller Courage, Failure, Job, Uplifting
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. By Duke Ellington Hope, Motivational, Opportunity, Uplifting
’Tis better to have fought and lost, than never to have fought at all. By Arthur Clough Empowering, Losing, Motivational, Uplifting
I don’t deserve this, but then again, I have arthritis, and I don’t deserve that either. By Jack Benny, accepting an award Awards, Funny, Uplifting
There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them. By Clare Boothe Luce Courage, Empowering, Hope, Inspirational, Uplifting
There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success. By Max Beerbohm Failure, Positive, Success
