“For every failure, there's an alternative
course of action. You just have to find it.
When you come to a roadblock,
take a detour.”
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“Flaws like roadmaps I see. They are detours to you that I don't take.”
"Reach"
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“speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.”
Book I, 1.121-[5]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I

Source: 1970s, On purposeful systems., 1972, p. 145, as cited in: Galjaard (2009, p. 89): About the information-concept of Ackoff.

“There is no failure here sweetheart, just when you quit.”
Lyrics, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)