If given the choice would you rather be considered a Quitter or Failure? I know neither are very good choices, but I believe we all make this decision from time to time. I also believe that the majority of people choose to be a Quitter rather than a Failure.
Why is that? Maybe because being seen as a Failure is a much more public stigma. People can Quit something before they Fail and site all sorts of reasons. "I didn't have time", "It wasn't for me", "It wasn't working the way I expected", "I wasn't having fun" or whatever the case might be. Also, they can choose to Quit before they ever even Start so the fact they Quit is only known to them.
This is something I am currently struggling with. I have been struggling with a new project for most of this year and am on the verge of Quitting. But, I have come to a realization that I would rather be seen as a Failure than a Quitter. Everyone that has succeeded has been a Failure at one point but nobody succeeds by being a Quitter.
Thomas Edison is an excellent example of a Failure who was never a Quitter. Edison tried over 3,000 different filament types before he came up with the one that made the light bulb a reality. Where would we be if he had stopped at 2,999?
In Edison's own words "Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.... "
Other great Edison quotes..
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.....
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
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Luke 14:29
For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
2 Corinthians 8:11
Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.
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