Achievements make proud, failure makes strong.

This is very important. While being successful is nice, it can also create the illusion of being unbeatable.

That’s why it is important to get a good beating once in a while. Not only does it form character, it is also a very potent teacher. Make good use of your failures and learn to worship them for their qualities.

Sometimes their is no obvious lesson in failure, but at least it will train your endurance. Being able to endure pain is a great quality, there is basically no failure that you can not make any use of!

/phil