Word Quotes

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. ~Denis Waitley

sevenliner — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 08:26:46 +0000

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end.

~Denis Waitley

a long or roundabout route that is taken to avoid something or to visit somewhere along the way.

“he had made a detour to a cafe”

an alternative route for use by traffic when the usual road is temporarily closed.

sevenliner — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 08:22:31 +0000

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

~John Wooden

turn out

prove to be the case.

“the job turned out to be beyond his rather limited abilities”
go somewhere in order to attend a meeting, vote, play in a game, etc.

“over 75 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote”

sevenliner — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:54:32 +0000

Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

~Louis Pasteur

the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip.

the quality or fact of being very determined; determination.

“you have to admire the tenacity of these two guys”
the quality or fact of continuing to exist; persistence.

“the tenacity of certain myths within the historical record”