Where DId That Come From?

I read something recently that Woodrow Wilson said. “I would rather fail in a cause I knew someday would triumph than win in a cause I knew someday will fail.”
I find it really interesting to look at the lives of those who influence others.  Those in power.
I have found those who carry the load are in so many ways like us all.  They have strengths and weaknesses.  Strengths are enjoyed while weaknesses invariably are exposed.  A mate of mine taking about ants or birds or fish (doesn’t matter really) used to say, “they are  just trying to hustle up a living like the rest of us.”
I feel the same way about people that are high up.  I used to have contact on a regular basis with a person who was the best in Australia at his sport.  He represented us at the Olympics.  For some reason I was talking about it with someone and they said, “you talked to him?”
Fair dinkum I regard it as one of the best complements I ever received when someone said to me “you treat everyone the same.”  It is something I know I do.  It does not matter how high and mighty someone is (their loss if they think it matters) they are the same as us. 
They enjoy what we enjoy.  They desire friendship. Often that is not forthcoming because others imagine (like the person above) they are unapproachable.
When I first arrived in Brisbane I used to play squash with someone who was a power broker where he worked.  I really appreciated those times as the person was willing to play squash against me and share with me.  They came to my farewell at work.  They did not have to but did and I was wrapped.
The point for me is it does not matter what level of society someone occupies.  Needs are the same.  Truth can be uttered by one in the most humble circumstance and one who rules.  Woodrow Wilson was the top of the tree.  Yet what he said is applicable no matter who said it.