Quote of the Day - 04/01/2012

Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts. —Winston Churchill

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What jumps into your mind when you read this quote?

My first thought was that this was another way of saying that the past - containing a mixture of successes and failures - is not as important as actions now…or planned for the future. Courage seems like too strong a word for what it takes to continue in a way that counts. Courage implies facing something dangerous or painful or very difficult. Does pushing toward goals to achieve the purpose of your life always require courage? Maybe. Maybe not. It also requires a lot of other attributes too....like preseverance, integrity, discipline.