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.
Source: In Quotations of Wit and Wisdom, ed. & John W. Garder et al., 1975.
-- S I Hayakawa, (Jul 18 1906-1992), US scholar, university president, politician; He is best known for his popular writings on semantics and for his career as president of San Francisco State College.