If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was able to overcome my failures because I was always confident of my abilities and was sure I could achieve what I had set out for.
I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.
I've always had to have some kind of failure before I was successful.
After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
I had to succeed. Failure means I would have to be homeless again.
What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
I never felt I was incapable of succeeding because I felt confident I could always learn what I needed to know.
Whether something is a success or not has never had much to do with what you do next.
All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than my failure or perhaps equal to the failure.