Just Keep Getting Up

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do. – Confucius

People confuse glory, and success, with never failing.

Quite the contrary.

Success, and glory, consists of getting back up each time you get knocked down.

Of learning from non-desired outcomes and beginning again, with wisdom and humility.

The only real failure is in staying down.

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