
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
1990s, Long Walk to Freedom (1995)
Variant: Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Source: The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the Country, by Dr. Goldsmith
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
1990s, Long Walk to Freedom (1995)
“The glory of life is not never falling. The true glory consists in rising each time we fall.”
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
As quoted in Toward Peaceful Unification: Selected Speeches & Interviews https://books.google.com/books?id=nNc2AzJmwPoC&pg=PA3&dq=%22There+was+little,+if+any,+feeling+of+loyalty+toward+the+abstract+concept+of+Korea+as+a+nation-state%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IOkhVebpAYqWsAWOgILoCQ&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false (1978), Kwangmyong Publishing Company, p. 31.
1970s
Source: Social Amnesia: A Critique of Conformist Psychology from Adler to Laing (1975), p. 38
Go Rin No Sho (1645), The Ground Book
Context: There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this. In strategy there are various timing considerations. From the outset you must know the applicable timing and the inapplicable timing, and from among the large and small things and the fast and slow timings find the relevant timing, first seeing the distance timing and the background timing. This is the main thing in strategy. It is especially important to know the background timing, otherwise your strategy will become uncertain.
2008, Election victory speech (November 2008)
"All the Fools Sailed Away" on Dream Evil (1987)
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