“The true meaning of success is not in how many times you failed because of your hindrances, but how you became a success regardless of your hindrances and failures”

“You can get married in an hour, but it typically takes a year to get divorced.”

“Dreams hit the fan? Life unexpectedly take a turn for the worst? Here’s what you do:First thing I think is to realize God didn’t do this to you. It’s just life.Second, know that it sucks. It does.Third, it’s a tunnel not a cave.Fourth, it still sucks.Fifth, it’s not hopeless. Assign meaning to it. Choose for these horrible things to bring you closer to family and god and not farther apart.Praying for you”

“Nobody played poker with Mike Walsh–at least, not twice–but people fought to get aboard Constellation. Her command record since Mike took her was almost the equal of Enterprise’s for danger, daring, and success not only snatched from the jaws of failure, but afterward used to beat failure over the head.”

“It does not matter how many times you fall, the most important thing is there exist grace to shake of the dirt, and pull all forces for a rise up.”

“Social context and NOT individual abilities drives performance, success or failure of a team or a project.”

“Social context trumps reason and social context drives your behaviors with an influence akin to an invisible force. We naturally adapt our behaviors to the context.”

“Failure opens the door to the most powerful lessons and discoveries – but it does so only if you have the courage to accept reality and look failure in the eye.”

“When you decide to remove the word “failure” from your dictionary, it is definitely time for you to re-evaluate your definition of the word “success”. Those who found success without going through failures never found true success, only delusions.”

“Stairs to success are made of people.”

“As I began examining my successes and failures, what I gradually realized was that the very same activities that had rescued me from failure, that had carried me from the failure line up to the survival line, would also rescue me from average and carry me from the survival line to the success line-IF I WOULD JUST KEEP DOING THEM.”

“I’ll rather believe in myself and fail in my originality than succeed as an intellectual copycat. I see such failure as a knockdown and not a knockout. It’s in me to equip my life with meaning and momentum.”

“And that can never be a mistake–to fly instead of staying in the nest with all the poop and everything that’s in there.”

“Those who have succeeded have not failed less than the rest of us, they have just tried more than us. They have tried and tried until they succeeded. Don’t give up before you have given your dreams a fair shot. Keep going until you have succeeded. Your loss becomes your success. Lose more, win more.”

“You need to be able to think Independently.”