“Little kids learn to walk by falling. They fall forward and eventually they start catching themselves. All walking is, is controlled falling. It’s the same with success. You learn by failing. Success is just controlled failing.”

“Human beings are the only creatures who are allowed to fail. If an ant fails, it's dead. But we're allowed to learn from our mistakes and from our failures. And that's how I learn, by falling flat on my face and picking myself up and starting all over again.”

“You get the idea. Every business, like a painting, operates according to its own rules. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works once may never work again. What everyone tells you never to do may just work, once. There are no rules. You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over, and it's because you fall over that you learn to save yourself from falling over. It's the greatest thrill in the world and it runs away screaming at the first sight of bullet points.”

“Fall forward, in your failing, and rise up with a soul on fire!”

“The child does not begin to fall until she becomes seriously interested in walking, until she actually begins learning. Falling is thus more an indication of learning than a sign of failure.”

“If you do not climb, you will not fall. This is true. But is it that bad to fail, that hard to fall?”