When it looks like I have failed...

This is not that inventive, but I'm posting it because someone on my email list posted it and it reminds me of the, "The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle" slogan and the "Don't quit" poem that I had hung up on my desk when I was working on some Math that was very difficult for me a few years ago.

Failure does not mean I'm a failure;
It does mean I have not yet succeeded.

Failure does not mean I have accomplished nothing;
It does mean I have learned something.

Failure does not mean I have been a fool;
It does mean I had enough faith to experiment.

Failure does not mean I've been disgraced;
It does mean I dared to try.

Failure does not mean I don't have it;
It does mean I have to do something in a different way.

Failure does not mean that I am inferior;
It does mean that I am not perfect.

Failure does not mean that I have wasted my life;
It does mean that I have an excuse to start over.

Failure does not mean that I should give up;
It does mean that I must try harder.

Failure does not mean that I will never make it;
It does mean that I need more patience.

The only people who never fail are those who never try.

~  Author unknown