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American novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs (left) experienced failure many times before he attained wealth and fame. First, he was expelled from high school. Subsequently, he worked as a cowboy, policeman, gold miner and shop owner, all with little or no success. Then, at age thirty-five, Mr. Burroughs tried his hand at writing. One year later, he penned a story about a fictional jungle hero named Tarzan. Tarzan quickly made Edgar Rice Borroughs one of the most popular writers on the planet, proving that his contemporary Mary Pickford was right when she observed, "Failure isn’t falling down. It’s staying down." So if you’ve experienced a setback or two, or even three, don’t get down, get busy … busy searching for your next great adventure. Because failure is never final. But if you give up on yourself … it’s a jungle out there.

Failure is Often Paradoxical: A Stumbling Block Frequently Becomes a Stepping Stone

"Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery
of what is false lends us to seek earnestly after what is true."
John Keats

"You can’t have any successes unless you can accept failure."
George Cukor

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try."
Beverly Sills

"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."
Henry Ford

"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill

Lasting Success Requires Success a Willingness to Accept Occasional Strike Outs…

"Failures are like skinned knees: painful, but superficial."
H. Ross Perot

"An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail."
Edwin Land

"Failure is part of success. Don't be afraid to make a fool of yourself. Take risks. It opens you to greatness."
Raul Julia

"Fail forwards toward success."
Mary Kay Ash

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