“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
— Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister during World War II
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then Success is sure.”
— Mark Twain (1835-1910),
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”
— Conrad Hilton
What was sad was I couldn’t verify the Churchill quote via Quoteworld dot org. I’ve long since discovered that it helps to validate a quote’s source before actually using said quote. There’s a purported Einstein quote floating around on this site that’s probably a fiction, just as an example.
I was going to go on and on about fishing and success. I woke really early Friday morning, and I was well on my way, the clock on the bank building said “5:25 AM, Temp: 79.”
The bugs were fierce, especially flies and mosquitoes. Then the fish themselves, I could see them, but they wouldn’t deign to do much more than sniff at my worm.
There was a pair of big bass girls, and my bait kept attracting their attention, but once again, they’d get up close, but not try at the bait. The way I see it, they didn’t grow to that size by taking every worm that in drifts front of them.
I cleared a good seven miles, had a breakfast taco, and called it quits. But not before I had a chance to see a few more fish. At the furthest eastern terminus for the trail I was on, where the path, the lake and Pleasant Valley Road are all within a few meters of each other, there’s a heavily fished spot. The sun was just clearing the trees, and the area was still shaded. A couple of more black bass swam up close to the edge, right where the shallow part drops off. As they flittered there, I unhooked the lure and gave it one more tentative cast. Sure enough, smart fish, they’d sniff at it, but not strike.
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
Although, as a Sagittarius, I tend to like Mark Twain’s words better, and I know that quote can be verified.
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then Success is sure.”
What’s the measure of success? Number of fish? Makes me a loser. However, I was actually fishing for several hours, got in a long hike, and by that measure, I thought it was a rather successful morning. All depends on the measurement.
