S. I. Hayakawa Quote

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.

Language in Action: A Guide to Accurate Thinking, Reading and Writing (ed. 1947)

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.

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.

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.

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.