“From success, you learn absolutely nothing. From failure and setbacks conclusions can be drawn. That goes for your private life as well as your career.”
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“When I think about my career, my successes are built on learning from failures.”
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“Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it. We learn only from failure.”
Kenneth Boulding (1971) "The diminishing returns of science" in: New Scientist. (March 25, 1971) Vol. 49, nr. 744. p. 682
1970s
Context: Perhaps the most difficult ethical problem of the scientific community arises not so much from conflict with other subcultures as from its own success. Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it. We learn only from failure.
Source: 1970s, Ecodynamics: A New Theory Of Societal Evolution, 1978, p. 42
“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”
No definite source has been found for this statement; though most often attributed to Sir Winston Churchill, and sometimes to Abraham Lincoln, it has only rarely been attributed to Campbell.
Disputed
“You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures.”
Source: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear