Do you agree with this?

It's to believe but personally I do agree. We should be more willing to learn and try again. "if at first you don't succeed try, try again" Generally that's my first on this subject, I'm to easy when it comes to giving up (at times) I just get on with it now. It's important for myself :) *Waves.. ~Joey

I picture success as the longest walk of one's life with various obstacles in his/her chosen path. Some obtacles are tougher to get through so you have to figure a way to get around them. Each one you get through brings you closer to your destination. When you fall you have to get up, dust yourself off and keep going. There is no true success without a path to get through.

To start something, and stick with it to the end, even if you score poorly (if it is a class, for instance) is still a success, because you have had the fortitude and endurance to at least finish what you started, and hopefully have learned something as well. I have taken some classes in Allied Health, my scores were great, I am a good test taker, but I do not work in the field, so I do not know that my "success" is any greater than the average student, who ends up making a great career.Both of us fit some measurement of success.

Yes I agree with it. I dont believe in complete failure because it is most often a lesson to me what I did wrong and then I will try again and again until I do achieve success.

I believe that failure is not trying anything at all. If you have given something a shot but didn't achieve the ultimate goal, then you have at least succeeded in trying to better yourself. So I agree that there are only varying degrees of success.

I can see both sides of it. Failure is important, but only if you are striving for success. Failure due to sloth or laziness, or just plain incompetence is really failure. However, if I have never tried and failed, I can never grow. I was one of those 'smart' kids who breezed through many years of academics literally coasting. Then I finally hit a time when I had to think and think hard and I could not. I had to fail as I ramped up to full power-- This led to some greater success and now 17 years in the IT industry.

It sounds to me like it is saying that everytime you fail, you're not really failing but in a way successing. I guess I can see that somewhat.

That make good sense to me. Failure is only temporary, that is unless we choose to give up altogether. I think that statement is entirely accurate. You could compare it to hate by saying there is no hate in the world, only varying degrees of love. Which I believe is very true. Failure is only the stepping stone to less failure or greater successes. Failure need not be the final stage of anything. You only have to make another attempt and then keep making them until successes overwhelm the failures. For example, in the business I am involved in, which is trading in the financial markets, it is possible to fail the majority of the time and still make millions of dollars (if that is your goal). But with each failure, there is always some degree of success. We don't take the time to look at it closely. Most of the time, we feel that we have failed and that is the end of things. That need not be so. That saying is a most positive way to look at all of life. In a sense, one could think that there is no negative or bad or evil, only varying degress of positive, good and love.

I don't know Crazynurse, I am struggling with this one. Although part of me would love to see the positive side of this statement and believe it, the cynic in me says I have seen real failure in my life and those of other people. I am talking deep down failure, failure so horrendous that it effects all of the lives around a person. I have also seen the rise of the phoenix from failure and the success that comes from true triumph over failure. But sadly on the other hand I have seen the devastation of a lost life because they did not have the fortitude to succeed. So I guess my answer would have to be no I don't believe the statement rings true with me.

I agree with that. in fact i love it. it's really encouraging. First attempt on anything, give you different result on everybody. Like when we are cooking. let say take the cooking class. same recipe, same ingredients...all the student make the same thing...and voila..somehow...the result not all uniform. but practice make perfect! LOL.