Poet Lord Byron was right when he stated, "Adversity is the first path to truth.

Failure results from bad breaks.

Failure is inevitable; learning is optional

The only person who avoids failure altogether is the person who never leaves her driveway. So the real issue is not whether you're going to fail. It's whether you're going to fail successfully (profiting from your failure).

Crisis doesn't necessarily make character, but it certainly does reveal it.

Most people don't know this, but it's easier to go from failure to success than from excuses to success.

know this: though not everything that we face can be changed, nothing can be changed until we face it.

Get a new definition of failure. Regard it as the price you pay for progress. If you can do that, you will put yourself in a much better position to fail forward.

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If you really want to achieve your dreams—I mean really achieve them, not just daydream or talk about them—you've got to get out there and fail. Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward. Turn your mistakes into stepping-stones for success.

People who fail forward are able to see errors or negative experiences as a regular part of life, learn from them, and then move on. They persevere in order to achieve their purpose in life.

When achievers fail, they see it as a momentary event, not a lifelong epidemic. It's not personal. If you want to succeed, don't let any single incident color your view of yourself.