Subdue fate by exerting human strength to the maximum; and if, when the effort has been made and success is not achieved, no one else can be blamed.
Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.
-- Hitopadesa, (NA 500-NA), Indian collection; The Hitopadesa [Book of Good Counsel] is an ancient Sanskrit text dating to 500 AD based on stories from the Panchatantra.