Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909) American novelist, short story writer and poet
"Perseverance" in St. Nicholas Magazine, Vol. X. (September 1883), p. 840
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“The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.”
C. S. Forester book Lord Hornblower
Lord Hornblower (1946), p. 52.
“A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.”
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
Attributed to her in Commons debates, 2003-07-02, column 407 http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030702/debtext/30702-10.htm and Commons debates, 2004-06-15 column 697 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/vo040615/debtext/40615-20.htm#40615-20_spnew1. According to a letter http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/11/02/nosplit/dt0201.xml&site=15&page=0 to the Daily Telegraph by Alistair Cooke on 2 November 2006, this sentiment originated with Loelia Ponsonby, one of the wives of 2nd Duke of Westminster who said "Anybody seen in a bus over the age of 30 has been a failure in life". In a letter http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/3633852/Letters-to-the-Daily-Telegraph.html published the next day, also in the Daily Telegraph, Hugo Vickers claims Loelia Ponsonby admitted to him that she had borrowed it from Brian Howard. There is no solid evidence that Margaret Thatcher ever quoted this statement with approval, or indeed shared the sentiment. <br class="br">Misattributed
“A man learns with age, if he is lucky.”
Patricia Briggs (1965) American writer
Source: When Demons Walk
John Snaith (1876–1936) British cricketer (1876-)
Willow the King (1899)
“Of the king's creation you may be; but he who makes a count ne'er made a man.”
Thomas Southerne (1660–1746) Irish dramatist
Sir Anthony Love, Act ii, scene 1; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "I weigh the man, not his title; 't is not the king's stamp can make the metal better", William Wycherley, The Plaindealer, Act i. scene 1.
Merle Shain (1935–1989) Canadian writer
Some Men are More Perfect Than Others (1973)
“If you can’t fail, it doesn’t count.”
Seth Godin (1960) American entrepreneur, author and public speaker
Poke the Box