It is not the mistake that has the most power, instead, it is learning from the mistake to advance your own attributes.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Bill Gates

Lost the race? Check your shoelaces, then run another one.

Fall down seven times? Good. You now know seven places to avoid.

The best teacher is experience learned from failures.

Byron Pulsifer

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act.

G. K. Chesterton

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

André Gide