Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure. (S. I. Hayakawa)

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

S. I. Hayakawa

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