To fail at trying is worse than to fail after trying. If we never try, then we never learn.

The Lord knows all - His timing and reasoning is perfect. If we really trust Him, then we no longer see our failures as a bad thing. We will see them as an answer to our prayers even if we don't understand how in the moment.

Once a person has declared "failure", they cease to look for the alternate open door. When in reality it was just inches away and wide open.

You don't have to be successful on a grand scale like winning a talent competition or writing a New York Times bestseller - if you have enough small things that you can be successful at then eventually they outshine all your failures.