I am addicted to Pinterest. Seriously.
One of my favorite boards is my “inspirational” board. That
one has a lot of inspiring messages that I like to look at when I’m feeling
down and out. I really couldn’t pick my favorite quote, but I’ve noticed that I
have a lot of quotes pinned by Churchill and Emerson. I might cover Emerson in
a later post, but right now I want to discuss one of Churchill’s quotes.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the
courage to continue that counts.”
How many celebrities do we hear about in a year falling from
their pedestal? Celebrities are the “idols” many people strive to be like. They’re
rich, famous, usually have gorgeous spouses, and they’re rich (did I already mention
that?). They are the epitome of successful. However, it is all-too common to
hear about one celebrity or another losing control of their life. Success is
not final.
Likewise, do we even have a number on the amount of
successful people who started out as failures? JK Rowling was turned down
several times before someone agreed to publish the Harry Potter series. Beethoven’s
music teacher told him he was hopeless. Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper
for lacking creative ideas. The list goes on and on! (And you would like to see
a list of 20 famous failures, you can check it out here.) Failure is not final.
So if success and failure don’t count, what does? As Winston
Churchill, another famous failure, says, it is “the courage to continue that
counts.”
Whether you’re at the top of a mountain or the bottom of a
ravine, know that where you are is not a guaranteed position. Everything worth
having in life requires work and effort. Keep at it, and you’ll do and see and
accomplish great things.
Cheers!
Molly
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