You Only Fail When You Quit Trying

Some of the most famous and successful people in the world considered themselves failures.

Harry Truman and Abraham Lincoln failed as shopkeepers before becoming president. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president more times than anyone else, but had to do it after failing as a candidate for vice-president in 1920. Eddie Rickenbacker smashed up his plane on his first solo flight before going on to become the greatest aerial ace of World War I. Later on, he headed up an automobile manufacturing company, which promptly went broke.

And did you realize that Babe Ruth, the first home run king of baseball, or Hank Aaron, his modern-era successor, both struck out more times than anyone else?

In fact, when reporters asked the Babe what he thought about when he struck out, he just shrugged: "I think about hitting home runs."

It just shows that you have to get up to the plate and take your swings.

You can't do a home run trot if you're sitting on your butt in the dugout.


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