Friday, November 21, 2014

What is the meaning of the following lines? 1)"When care is pressing you down a bit..." 2)"Success is failure turned inside out." I would like...

The quote is from a poem called “Never Quit” some sources say it is written by Felipe Gomez, some say - Edgar A. Guest and others say unknown.  Either way, this phrase means the “cares” or worries and problems in your life have you depressed or suffering from a lack of confidence.

“When care is pressing you down a bit
rest if you must but never quit”

The second quote, "success is failure turned inside out" simply means that being successful results in something you have tried to accomplish, failed at it, learned from the mistake, did it again, correcting the mistake you made on the first attempt and then having success. 

“Success is failure turned inside out,
the silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
and you never can tell how close you are,
it may be near when it seems afar;
so stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit,
it’s when things seem the worst that you must not quit.”

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