While it's important to accept failure and not let it bog you down, it's also perfectly acceptable to get upset about it as long as you remember that failure is a stepping stone in your journey that is getting you to where you need to be.
People would be like, 'Oh, 'Saturday Night Live' is such a stepping stone!' And I remember being like, 'A stepping stone?! This is my everything! I could just stop right here! This is the pinnacle!'
Every hardship you endure and every failure you withstand could very well be the stepping stone to success and the realization of your God-given dream.
Failure is a stepping stone to success.
Failure is a stepping-stone to greatness.
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.
I think a football career should be used as a stepping stone to something better - not as an end in Itself.
Failure can either be a stepping stone to success or a stumbling to defeat.
I think that everything should be a stepping stone for something bigger and better and if there is something bigger then why not go on after it?
There is no such thing as failure; everything is just a stepping stone to a greater lesson or achievement.
This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and become wise. Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident or temptation is a test of your inner strength. Therefore nil desperandum. March forward hero!
Don't let failure deter you; use it as a stepping-stone and an educational experience towards making your mark on the world.
This machine was a failure to the extent that it could not fly. In other respects it was a very important and necessary stepping stone.
Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude, not an outcome; a temporary inconvenience; a stepping stone. Our response to it determines just how helpful it can be.
Often, you'll fail. But, as my mother also taught me, failure isn't the opposite of success - it's a stepping stone to success.
I've been pretty lucky. Every single thing I've done has meant so much to me and has been like a stepping stone to something different.