
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.”
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.”
“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
Source: Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science (2005), Chapter 2, “Just a Theory: What Scientists Do” (p. 38)
Variant: You build on failure. You use it as a stepping sone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
“Failure doesn't mean anything, it just means changing paths.”