Progress requires setbacks; the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try.
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In the long run, it's impossible to make progress without sometimes having setbacks, although people who get lucky on their first attempt sometimes forget this.
Sometimes making progress a step at a time is better than no progress at all.
Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.
Failure is always an option.
You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop.
Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
You make a ton of progress by making a ton of mistakes.
Whenever you have a failure or setback, you need to take a step back and find out what you can learn from the scenario. What did you do to contribute to that failure? This way, you can make sure you don't repeat that pattern.
Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.