"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Sir Winston Churchill
Noted British Statesman and Orator
1874 - 1965
"Oh how we despise failure! We fail at projects; we fail others; and perhaps the most painful of all, we fail God and ourselves. But can I be open with you? My failures have taught me more about myself and life than my successes ever have. Handled properly, they bring us to a new awareness of the fathomless mercy and grace of God. They reveal deficits in our character that we can give attention to and improve. Since Adam blew it in the garden, men have been born with failure in their NATURAL DNA. So, we all have failed, are failing, or will fail. The trick is to learn how to FAIL FORWARD and to not get STUCK on the failure. Man that's hard, isn't it? Let's start looking at failure as a way to begin again more intelligently. We may be flawed heroes, but we're still heroes! Oh, by the way, we also have SUPERNATURAL DNA: 'Christ in us, the hope of glory!'"
