Failure Does Not Mean I’m A Failure
Failure does not mean I’m a failure;
It does mean I have not yet succeeded.
Failure does not mean I have accomplished nothing;
It does mean I have learned something.
Failure does not mean I have been a fool;
It does mean I had enough faith to experiment.
Failure does not mean I have disgraced;
It does mean I have dared to try.
Failure does not mean I don’t have it;
It does mean I have something to do in a different way.
Failure does not mean I am inferior;
It does mean I am not perfect.
Failure does not mean I have wasted my life;
It does mean that I have an excuse to start over.
Failure does not mean that I should give up;
It does mean that I should try harder.
Failure does not mean that I will never make it;
It does mean that I need more practice.
Failure does not mean that You have abandoned me;
It does mean that You must have a better idea.
-Unknown
Does this poem resonate with any of you?
I often tell my students, “If you’re not making any mistakes, you’re not learning, you’re coasting.”
[Reply]
I enjoy your poems and thoughts I read everyone of them thank you love and peace june
[Reply]
Failure means that we are all human and its okay to make mistakes along the way as long as we learn from those mistakes.
[Reply]
IT WAS GREAT HAD BROUGHT TEARS IN MY EYES
[Reply]
hi, excellent and no words to explain keep posting
[Reply]
i really like this one.whenever i failed, i learnt a lot from that experience
[Reply]
Very true. I like the part, “Faliure does not mean I have disgraced, It means I have dared to try.” Failure is part of life, learn from your mistakes, GO RISK TAKERS!!!
[Reply]
Many times we fail and are afraid to try again. But with the thought, it tells us to always try again when ever we fail. Keep up with the good work.
[Reply]
Failure is only a badly defined opposite of success. Nobody fails. They only did not succeed…
(and then, God still loves you!)
[Reply]
failiure is not permanant. Things will change with our effort in towards sucess. The only condition is to accept the reasons for the failiure
[Reply]
Thanks Everyone for your comments!
-Shawn
[Reply]
I enjoyed to read your thoughts.Failure does not mean failure, it means that we learn from mistakes.
Excellent.
[Reply]
I enjoyed to read your thoughts.Failure does not mean failure, it means that we learn from mistakes.
Excellent thoughts.
[Reply]
shawn Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 9:09 am
Thanks Sonika.
[Reply]
We would not be human if we did not make mistakes. In life there are many lessons to be learned, we never stop learning. The best thing we can do if we fail to to release the emotion, let it go, it serves no purpose to dwell on it, place our energy into something useful, know our mistake and then go and fix it if we can. If we can’t, so be it, we did our best, other opportunities will arise.
Wonderful thoughts Shawn, enjoy your day.
[Reply]
shawn Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Well said! Thanks, Lee.
[Reply]
Just to add one more. Failure is necessary. You cannot truly succeed without it. Failures teach us the better way and help us gain deeper insights that will, with persistence direct us toward the best path. Don’t trust the words of those who fain success who claim to have not yet failed for their failure is imminent.
[Reply]
shawn Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Very well said, David. I always enjoy reading your 2 cents. Do you have a blog of your own?
[Reply]
No, I have yet to start a blog of my own, I am afraid I am afraid I would not have the time needed to keep up with it the way you have so graciously kept up with yours. I am very happy just to join in.
[Reply]
Very nice one!!!
[Reply]
yes,true enough.we will not b successful in life f we do not fail.failure is tha beginning of success.
[Reply]
I do agree that “failure does not mean I am a failure.” It motivates me to move on and it gives me a lesson. Based from my experiences, the more I commit mistakes or encounter failures, the more I become stronger and stronger, and the more I move on for the best of my life. If you do not fail, you do not improve yourself.
[Reply]
Aside from the last line that I don’t personally agree with being a non-religious person, this poem cheered me up. I just had a colossal failure tonight, where I destroyed in 10 minutes what it took me 3 hours to do, and will now take another 3 hours to fix. It’s hard not to feel like a failure when you have to do the same project not just once, but twice.
But I did learn something from my failure… that before I start a task, I need to have the right tools. Without the right tools, what you’re working on might break, and then you have to start over. Tomorrow I’ll start again, and do it better, with the right tools this time.
[Reply]