Louisa May Alcott Quotes

Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.

You gotta grow, you gotta learn by your mistakes; You gotta die a little everyday just to try to stay awake; When you believe there's no mountain you can climb; And if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time, next time.

Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it...If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you. And supposing you have tried and failed again and again, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Past failures unlock future successes

I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before - and from other years, too - to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step.

Every single step, although I couldn't see it, was a step forward and built to where I am now.

You're always striving to get better, and I would get in my own way sometimes or stop myself if I felt it wasn't as good as it should be. You're going to fall on your face a couple of times, and the lesson is to get back up.

I'm learning along the way, and there's going to be some little bumps and bruises, but as long as I keep rolling with the punches, I will keep moving up.

Failure is success training.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

Many people dream of success. To me, success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection.

Man errs, till he has ceased to strive.

Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it.

For, after all, every one who wishes to gain true knowledge must climb the Hill Difficulty alone, and since there is no royal road to the summit, I must zigzag it in my own way. I slip back many times, I fall, I stand still, I run against the edge of hidden obstacles, I lose my temper and find it again and keep it better, I trudge on, I gain a little, I feel encouraged, I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victory. One more effort and I reach the luminous cloud, the blue depths of the sky, the uplands of my desire.

Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.

Everytime you fall down or take the wrong path, it isn't wasted. You will surely develop and grow over time.

I fall, I stand still... I trudge on. I gain a little... I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victory.

It's what I've learned over the years that has pushed me beyond limits.

Failure means you've now learned another valuable lesson that pushes you one step closer to success.

Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.

There's still so much more to do. I can't sit back and be complacent, and none of us should be. I get around now in a wheelchair, but I get around.

For sure I think that at the end of the day if I got started a little sooner on stuff that was more written more permanent I would have just made a lot of mistakes earlier. I don't know if it would have led to earlier success but I think it would have led to thicker skin and it would have gotten the ball rolling.

We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time.

Success is a project that's always under construction.

But success and failure are not true opposites, and they're not even in the same class. I mean, they're not even a couch and a chair.