How to Tell Failure From Success

Posted on May 28, 2025 by mitchteemley

Difficult Roads

Failure is the first milestone on the road to success, and the second…and the third…and the fourth… The more ambitious the destination, the more milestones there’ll be. So keep going, because it only becomes the road to failure if you quit. ~MT~

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58 Responses to How to Tell Failure From Success

  1. RasmaSandra says:
    May 28, 2025 at 11:33 am

    I totally agree but I also look at some of the humor of the situation and you could get a flat tires along the way to success so I guess if you manage to fix that and continue you probably will make it to the top,

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  2. Anonymous says:
    May 28, 2025 at 11:46 am

    Thanks. Needed to hear it today.

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  3. BJ says:
    May 28, 2025 at 11:52 am

    “Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”—Galatians 6:9, BSB

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  4. Jason Morgan says:
    May 28, 2025 at 12:03 pm

    This is a great post!
    Formula 409® taught me that 408 failures is the key to success! Failure is inevitable and quitting does not have to be an option, it’s a choice.

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  5. BJ says:
    May 28, 2025 at 12:35 pm

    This will be the ultimate measure of success, to hear this:

    “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’”—Matthew 25:23, NIV

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  7. Claudette says:
    May 28, 2025 at 12:51 pm

    This reminds me of a statement I read recently:

    What if I can’t fail?

    😉

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  8. Sweta✨ says:
    May 28, 2025 at 1:02 pm

    A great reminder.

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  9. WebbBlogs says:
    May 28, 2025 at 1:14 pm

    “It only becomes the road to failure if you quit” I like that 😁😁

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  10. Priti says:
    May 28, 2025 at 1:35 pm

    Failure can be a first step of success but too much failure can break but if we don’t give up then we can get success 👍well shared

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  11. Michael Sammut says:
    May 28, 2025 at 2:07 pm

    Amen to that.

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  13. LoveLifeHappiness&More💙💙 says:
    May 28, 2025 at 2:41 pm

    Well shared, Mitch! 🙂

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  14. #hood says:
    May 28, 2025 at 2:51 pm

    hola cora

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  15. Ren says:
    May 28, 2025 at 2:55 pm

    but it is nice, sometimes, to succeed on the first try. <3 🙂

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  16. oldandblessed says:
    May 28, 2025 at 2:56 pm

    Failure is at several charge station on the way UP to success. When one learns from failure, one falls upward.

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  17. L.G. says:
    May 28, 2025 at 3:15 pm

    Awesome

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  18. sashiengland says:
    May 28, 2025 at 3:23 pm

    Failure is a great teacher. The hitch is you have to let it be. I’ve learned a lot from “don’t do that again” or “I better do that next time”.

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  19. mel23h says:
    May 28, 2025 at 3:38 pm

    Well said

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  20. pastorpete51 says:
    May 28, 2025 at 3:51 pm

    I like both Zig Zigglar’ saying ss well as your conclusion. They both remind me of Paul’s take, “If God be for us, who can be against.”

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  21. Kate@athousandbitsofpaper says:
    May 28, 2025 at 4:12 pm

    Agreed Mitch and I think if we keep going through failure the nature of it changes and it loses its power to frighten us. The closer we come to the massive shadow we see it is just a small quivering part of us that never healed, but at that particular angle of the sun – it looked large.

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  22. randydafoe says:
    May 28, 2025 at 4:53 pm

    The milestone analogy works really well here Mitch.

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  23. Anne Alexander says:
    May 28, 2025 at 5:02 pm

    Pertinent, profound and beautifully written about another of God’s amazing (well-perceived & described) metaphors of life. You rock, brother!

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  24. thomasstigwikman says:
    May 28, 2025 at 8:03 pm

    Those are wise words. However, there is an exception. Sometimes things aren’t for you and you to need switch track and try a different goal.

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  25. Babbiegirl2000 says:
    May 28, 2025 at 11:41 pm

    I have to say this is very true I’m starting a few work projects and I assume I will make mistakes but I always know if I continue my efforts I will get to my goals.

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  26. Mitzy Bricker says:
    May 29, 2025 at 6:18 am

    Terrific advice and outlook. Here is one of my favorites, “It is always too soon to quit”.–Raymond Edman

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  27. peggywritesblog says:
    May 29, 2025 at 9:20 pm

    A wonderful and timely reminder, Mitch! Thanks!

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  28. pcviii03 says:
    May 30, 2025 at 5:44 pm

    That’s good!

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  29. vinodmm07 says:
    August 11, 2025 at 12:57 pm

    Very true ! We will never know what awaits us after the bend. We must keep going beautiful destinations indeed await us!

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