Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did.
MT Mark TwainAuthor & humorist · 1835–1910What this quote means
Regret usually grows around the chances we let pass, not the risks we took. Lean toward action you can look back on without wishing you'd tried.
Context
American author and humorist whose wit on life, truth, and human nature still lands a century later.
This line is among the quotes by Mark Twain that readers return to on success — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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