One only fails if you try, and quit.
However, if one attempts; same is unsuccessful, but attempts again and again, the preceding instances are merely unsuccessful attempts, not failures.
For example, if in cricket:
a bowler bowls 4 balls to a batsman , and he does not succeed in dismissing the batsman;
But the bowler dismisses the batsman with the fifth ball.
It does not mean that the bowler failed four times. He merely had 4 unsuccessful attempts.
It is not about how many times you get knocked down, it is about how many times you get up. Failure only occurs when you fail to get up, not when you get knock down.
You are failing yourself if you fail to learn from each attempt. Constantly failing yourself will lead to failure.
Do not stop trying and learn from each attempt. Every learning is a step closer to
Success.
Upwards and forwards
By Sidney Pretorius