I can accept failure…
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. – Michael Jordan [Michael Jeffery Jordan] (1963 – ) (Image by David Mark from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »


![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)


![IMAGE: Roses are red, violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, and so are you. // [The rose is red, the violet's blue, / The honey's sweet, and so are you. //]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/garden-3_scented-violets-1_sugar-1_honey-1-100x75.jpg)
![IMAGE: Great gains are not achieved except by great risks. / Nothing venture, nothing have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained. / Nothing ventured, nothing won.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/tigers-50350_640-100x66.jpg)

