Work, Drills, Excuses

Work keeps us from three great evils, boredom, vice and need.
~ François Marie Arouet Voltaire

School is a drill for the battle of life. If you fail in the drill you will fail in the battle.
~ Karl G. Maeser

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
~ Dr. George Washington Carver

Doing your best, School effort, Key to failure

It is no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
~ Winston Churchill

School is a drill for the battle of life. If you fail in the drill you will fail in the battle.
~ Karl G. Maeser

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
~ Bill Cosby