Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.
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About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True honor comes from persistence and recovering from setbacks rather than maintaining a record of never failing.
- In plain terms
- You are great not because you never fall, but because you always get back up.
- What can you take from it?
- Resilience matters more than a perfect track record.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you respond to failure?
- What does glory mean to you?
Another view
Some failures may be so severe that rising again is not possible.
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