Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

Alas, how easily things go wrong!
A sigh too much, a kiss too long
And there follows a mist and a weeping rain
And life is never the same again

It is defeat which makes victory meaningful

Everyone gets to the stage, or should get to it, where it's more important to stop doing things than to keep on trying to do them.

Failure is a lesson in resilience or defeat.