If you want to know what it’s like to win ask the one who lost. The idea of victory is sweeter to those who lose than it is in reality to those who win. I think it says that those who don’t succeed imagine that it taste sweeter then it does for those who succeed and do taste it. Lack of success, is what makes the actual success so sweet. This is the opposite of sour grapes fable.
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
― Winston Churchill
“Those who never succeed” place the highest value on success. They count it sweetest. Those who succeed never truly appreciate it—it is only those who fail, or who lack something, that can truly appreciate how wonderful it would be if they did succeed. To understand the value of nectar, one must feel “sorest need”. The members of the victorious army are not able to define victory as well as the defeated, dying man who hears from a distance the music of the victors. “Success”—can best be comprehended by someone who “needs” it.
Those who always win never know the true value of winning and those who never win long for the win all the time. We gain perfection through failure.
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
― Truman Capote
Through defeat we try to appreciate the real value of success. Those who are in love they can not understand the value of love but those who have failed in love, know the real meaning of love. Just like saying if you have never lost hope how could you ever find it?
Those who have not succeeded are the ones who crave it the most. To a person who never wins, victory is sweet, but to a person who has always won, they don’t really understand the value of success. For those who overcome the great battle, they can not measure the significance of victory compared to the losers. It is in defeat that we truly learn to appreciate victory.
“Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand”
― Haley Williams
Victory must take its natural route and cannot be rushed. In other words, it must be fully appreciated through an initial, natural defeat before a more fulfilling victory can be realized. Victory could be realized sooner, but it would be neither sweet, nor appreciated.
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
― Confucius
The realization of true victory in the midst of defeat is the true success.
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley
For how can one truly understand happiness without the accompaniment of sadness? Or love without hate? Success cannot be realized without at first knowing the desperation that comes along with losing.
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” -Michael Jordan
Success is the ultimate triumph and is sweetest to those who desperately desire it but have never obtained it. Success is sweetest to them than to the people who already have power and success. Some people work so hard and struggle to reach a goal, but somehow even when triumph is at their fingertips, it still remains out of their grasp. Perhaps in the absence of triumph, success does become an obsession. The fortunate ones who already have success, on the other hand, do not seem to appreciate it as much. To them success is like an everyday common occurrence.
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
The feeling of being ‘so near and yet so far’, agonizingly brings home the point that it is in defeat that we truly learn to appreciate victory – so much so, that the more the defeats, the sweeter the success.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston Churchill
It is true that the defeated can feel both victory and defeat, while the victorious can only feel the win, then we are stuck with the “grass is always greener…” clause. If done with respect, only then can the winners actually be victorious. Therefore the onus is upon the victorious to rise above the win.
Some people define success by virtue of positions that they acquire and assume in life. But it is not only just about success, but about want and desire, too. As Albert Einstein said:
“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
You got this one right, I still don´t know any successful person(apart from myself) that hasn´t failed and failed and risked a lot and a lot of hardwork and smart, but failure……if you don´t have it then it means you don´t take chances. You are stuck, and being stuck is not the greatest of places to be.
Although I can go on boring you forever about the word “success”, I could argue success is a subjective word. Each person is different so success to one person can mean shit to another. I actually wrote and essay about this in my days of college, that was loooong time ago for a philosophy class. I think the teacher gave me an A- just so I wouldn´t keep on writing. That could be success too, it all depends on how you look at it, how you twist it 😉 forgot, and the people.
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Absolutely, you are right about that. It’s all about perspective, What success might mean to you, may not sound much to me and vice versa.
So it doesn’t gives us a right to belittle anyone’s success, how big or small. An accomplishment is an accomplishment especially if it means a lot to the other person.
P,S I bet she didn’t give you an A+ because she never gave an A+.
Maybe A- was on her highest regards, that is always how it is with English teachers 😉
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I was a damn good student believe or not. If I decided to study massage back then……weeeha! o, that would have been priceless. I would have made million if I had become a ….forgot the exact name but I can tell you man and specially women would have come flocking to me for my pearly hands to rub on them.
By the way I know now why you hate bold guys, you guys over in your country seem to be a bit paranoid over the subject:http://news.yahoo.com/hair-transplants-pakistans-weapon-mass-seduction-051958427.html
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Hahaha, Ummm just because there is a random article about it doesn’t mean men in my country are paranoid about it. Find me when you find a number of articles on the same subject then we can talk 😉
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There are so many articles that I don´t even know which one to pick
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Oh please take care of your own bald head and stop caring about what Pakistani men are doing ! 😛
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They are thinking about how to be like me, that´s what those dudes over there are doing.
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Why, are you Tom Cruise?
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No, I´m a mixture of Tom Cruise and Ricky Martin
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In your dreams !
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Just like you i might add, well you not thinking how to be like me but you thinking how to be with me 😉
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I’d rather hang myself before thinking like that ! 😛
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Don´t lie to yourself, you know you want it. Say how much you love your pappy!!!!! 😉
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I’m not even gonna acknowledge you said that
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This much is true. People have that tendency, that sense of hesitation of not finishing, not completing, not succeeding. I am one of those people. I always feel like not reaching that high, not running to the end. I always want to go, to do, to continue. When you already succeeded or completed a goal, you tend to relax, you let your guard down, or you just stop. You have nothing else to continue for. As oppose to those who haven’t succeeded or aren’t finish with whatever, they’re more active. They have more to look forward to. They have blissful possibilities to think about. They’re more alive. That sounds more like sweet victory to me.
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Absolutely, Well said Rommel. The mystery of what to come next is what keeps us going and makes everything around us so interesting. Thank you so much for reading and leaving such a thoughtful comment behind 🙂
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I agree with andy.. inspirational post – thanks for it ❤ ❤
"Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value…" all so good but really liked that one too
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Hey there Y, As always thank you so much for giving me a pat on the back. Hugely appreciated ❤ ❤
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Well said Zee. I like the Einstein quote at the end.
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Hey Mary, Thank you so much for giving it a read and leaving your kind words behind ❤ 🙂
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Another one…. Winners never quit and quitters never win! Awesome post Zee!!!! 🙂
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Hey Courtney, so very nice of you. Thank you SO much ❤
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Yes, the highs are so much higher if you know lows, success much more appreciated when you know failure. Well said, Zee.
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Exactly, Success is sweetest after a long hard struggle. Thank you Trent for reading and leaving your kind comment 🙂
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I love the wisdom! Good reminders 🙂
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Thanks a bunch Dilip 🙂
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Failure is necessary for success, for life, if you don’t know the bitterness of failure in life you cannot fully enjoy the bliss of success …. great post Zee, inspirational and beautiful writing, ❤ it 🙂
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Absolutely, Failure is necessary to truly appreciate the success one has. Thank you so much Akhiz, Always so kind ❤
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I love this post, Zee. I’m a big fan of the Churchill quote. The enthusiasm of going forward without fear of failure is so important. How we deal with adversity has so much to do with defining us in life.
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So true Rob, How we deal with these failure is what defines us in life. It’s not always about the destination, Journey matters too. It makes us who we are at the end of the day. Thanks a lot for such kind words to share Rob ❤ 🙂
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Fall seven times, get up eight. That’s my favorite proverb, and it helps remind me that my success is not in the achievement, but in the journey! That’s where I win the battle!
Great essay and I think it’s great for the prompt!
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“Fall seven times, get up eight” What an awesome thing to share Kate, Thank you so much. That is something to keep in mind. It’s all about the journey indeed,some of us lose so much trying to reach the destination forgetting that journey is just as important 🙂
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Chocolates for you today – great thoughts! ❤
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Inspirational! 🙂
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That is what I was going for. Thanks Andy 🙂
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