Thats a very nice and it certainly informed my drive to succeed in a very large way. But you must understand that sometimes, it just doesn't work out.

Making peace with that reality is actually more helpful that pursuing a failing life path, just because you refuse to call it.

This is an awful outlook. Sometimes failure happens, and many times, it's not even your fault. Don't be so hard on life.

Failure is definitely an option. You fail, you start again.