Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True success is defined by resilience and the ability to recover after failure.
- In plain terms
- You do not fail when you fall; you fail only when you do not get up.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on resilience rather than avoiding failure.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does getting up look like to you?
- How do you define failure?
Another view
Sometimes continuing after repeated failure can be destructive.
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