That is my rule of life. If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow. Do you remember Henley's magnificent lines? 'Under the bludgeonings of chanceMy head is bloody, but unbowed.' ? That is my gospel. What do you think of it?

Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.

The world belongs to the Enthusiast who keeps cool.

One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.

Fear born of that stern matron Responsibility.

If fate means you to lose give him a good fight anyhow.

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.