QuoteProject
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
Oliver Goldsmith
ShareWTF𝕏

Interpretation

What this quote means

Success is about perseverance and resilience in the face of failure.

This quote emphasizes the importance of resilience and determination in achieving success. It suggests that everyone will face setbacks and failures, but the true measure of success lies in one's ability to get back up and continue striving after those falls. Essentially, it highlights that the journey to success is not a straight path, but rather a series of challenges that require tenacity.

Themes

SuccessResiliencePerseveranceFailureDetermination

In practice

Example use cases

In a motivational speech to inspire students to keep trying after setbacks.

More from Oliver Goldsmith

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,_x000D_ _x000D_ Adorns and cheers our way;_x000D_ _x000D_ And still, as darker grows the night,_x000D_ _x000D_ Emits a brighter ray.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
The wretch condemn'd with life to part,_x000D_ _x000D_ Still, still on hope relies;_x000D_ _x000D_ And every pang that rends the heart_x000D_ _x000D_ Bids expectation rise.
Oliver GoldsmithRead

Similar quotes

Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.
Miguel De UnamunoRead
The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.
Chris GardnerRead
I was on a path. I was going to become a principal dancer. I never let my mind rest.
Misty CopelandRead
Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you.
Richard BransonRead
The main purpose of production is to manufacture items of good quality for daily use in abundant supply, thereby enhancing and improving the life for everyone and it is this goal that I am dedicated.
Konosuke MatsushitaRead
If you want to create abundance for yourself, create it for someone else.
Neale Donald WalschRead

A little wisdom, now and then

Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.