Today's message is taken verbatim from Gray Matter, a collection of inspirational thoughts published by United Technology Corporation in 1986 although I received a copy from a friend and former boss of mine Art Ickes in May of 1985:

• You've failed many times, although you may not remember.
• You fell down the first time you tried to walk.
• You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim, didn't you?
• Did you hit the ball the first time you swung a bat?
• Heavy hitters, the ones who hit the most home runs, also strike out a lot.
• R.H. Macy failed seven times before his store in New York caught on.
• English novelist John Creasey got 753 rejection slips before he published 564 books.
• Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times, but he also hit 714 home runs.
• Don't worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.