Adversity And Success
Success is failure turned inside out. An uninterrupted success at the beginning of a career is dangerous. Beware of the first great triumph. It may prove a failure. Many a man has been ruined by over-confidence born of his first victory. The mountain oak, tossed and swayed in the tempest until its proud top sweeps the earth, it all the stronger for its hundred battles with the elements if it only straightens up again. The danger is not in a fall, but in failing to rise.