The only way not to fail

The only way not to fail

Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are fingerposts on the road to achievement. The only time you don't want to fail is the last time you try something.... One fails forward toward success.

- Charles F. Kettering (1958- )

I believe that how we interpret failure can determine whether or not we can achieve greater success. Successful entrepreneurs working at global corporations use failures to encourage themselves and learn from their mistakes- this is because they understand that maintaining a positive perspective can turn failure into stepping stones to success.

Optimist, Helen Keller

No pessimest ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

- Helen Adams Keller (1880–1968)

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Failure, Irish Proverb

The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.

- Irish Proverb

Failure, Confucius (孔子)

不而不改 是謂過矣。

- 孔子

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Failure, English Proverb

A small leak will sink a great ship.

- English Proverb

Failure, Elbert Hubbard

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

- Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)

Failure, Confucius

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Failure, Confucius

知之者不如好之者。

- 孔子

He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.

- Confucius (551BC–479BC) (孔子)