Words of Wisdom — March 17, 2014

Churchill on Failure

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

– Winston Churchill

The most surprising and impactful new stories delivered to your inbox every week, for free.

“It is natural to want to avoid failure. But when we avoid failure, we also avoid discovery and accomplishment.”

Tennis pro Mardy Fish and Spanx founder Sara Blakely both turned failure into their greatest asset.

Adams was infamously scooped when Neptune was discovered in 1846. His failure wasn’t the end, but a prelude to a world-changing discovery.

Known as the Great Oxygenation Event, Earth froze over as oxygen accumulated in our atmosphere, nearly driving all life extinct.

We rightly celebrate Winston Churchill as one of the world’s greatest leaders — but for all the wrong reasons.

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