Failing doesn't make me a failure. If I keep trying, then I'll get it right. Only quitters are failures. Failure in people is caused more by lack of determination that lack of talent. Success has little to do with talent but everything to do with determination.

When It Looks Like I Have Failed
Lord, are you trying to tell me something?
For...

• Failure does not mean I'm a failure; It does mean I have not yet succeeded.
• Failure does not mean I have accomplished nothing; It does mean I have learned something.
• Failure does not mean I have been a fool; It does mean I had enough faith to experiment.
• Failure does not mean I've been disgraced; It does mean I dared to try.
• Failure does not mean I don't have it; It does mean I have to do something in a different way.
• Failure does not mean I am inferior; It does mean I am not perfect.
• Failure does not mean I've wasted my time; It does mean I have an excuse to start over.
• Failure does not mean I should give up; It does mean I must try harder.
• Failure does not mean I'll never make it; It does mean I need more patience.
• Failure does not mean you have abandoned me; It does mean you must have a better idea.

Amen.

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