外國勵志詩句:失敗的意義

　THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FAILURE

　　Robert H. Schuller

　　Failure doesn t mean you are a failure,

　　It does mean you haven t succeeded yet.

　　Failure doesn t mean you have accomplished nothing,

　　It does mean you have learned something.

　　Failure doesn t mean you have been a fool,

　　It does mean you had a lot of faith.

　　Failure doesn t mean you ve been disgraced,

　　It does mean you were willing to try.

　　Failure doesn t mean you don t have it,

　　It does mean you have to do something in a different way.

　　Failure doesn t mean you are inferior,

　　It does mean you are not perfect.

　　Failure doesn t mean you ve wasted your life,

　　It does mean you have a reason to start afresh.

　　Failure doesn t mean you should give up,

　　It does mean you must try harder.

　　Failure doesn t mean you ll never make it,

　　It does mean it will take a little longer.

　　Failure doesn t mean God has abandoned you,

　　It does mean God has a better idea.

　　翻譯：

　　失敗的意義

　　羅伯特·H·舒勒陳采霞譯

　　失敗并不代表你是個失敗者，

　　它只表明你尚未成功。

　　失敗并不代表你一無所獲，

　　它只表明你吸取了一次教訓。

　　失敗并不代表你很愚蠢，

　　它只表明你信心百倍。

　　失敗并不代表你無臉見人，

　　它只表明你百折不回。

　　失敗并不代表你工夫白費，

　　它只表明你的做事方法尚待改進。

　　失敗并不代表你低人一等。

　　它只表明你并非完人。

　　失敗并不代表你浪費生命，

　　它只表明你有理由重新開始。

　　失敗并不代表你應該放棄，

　　它只表明你要加倍努力。

　　失敗并不代表成功永不屬于你，

　　它只表明你要付出更多的時間。

　　失敗并不代表上帝已經拋棄你，

　　它只表明上帝還有更好的主意。