Little Minds Vs Great Minds

"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it." 

- Washington Irving  

..condiment & flavour

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." 

-Truman Capote  

...what you cannot and can

"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." 

-John R. Wooden  

...more than once

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."
- Margaret Thatcher  

melting snow

Be melting snow
Wash yourself of yourself.
-Rumi, poet and mystic (1207-1273)