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How many people are completely successful in every department of life? Not
one. The most successful people are the ones who learn from their mistakes and
turn their failures into opportunities.

—Zig Ziglar, author and motivational speaker

Reward worthy failure–Experimentation.

—Bill Gates, cofounder of Microsoft and philanthropist

No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover
and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who’s always
had everything work out for them with zero struggle? They usually have the
depth of a puddle. Or they don’t exist.

—Chris Hardwick, television host, stand-up comedian, actor, and writer

Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. The
nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise,
rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression.

—Sir John Harvey-Jones, English businessman

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, “I have
failed three times,” and what happens when he says, “I am a failure.”