Quotes from George E. Woodberry

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

"Old times" never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.

To be faithful to your instincts and the impulses that carry you in the direction of the excellence you most desire and value ... surely that is to lead the noble life.

To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment.

"Old times" never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better.