DON'T BE AFRAID TO FAIL (author unknown)

You've failed many times,
  although you don't remember.
You fell down the first time you tried to walk.
You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim.
Did you hit the ball the first time you swung a bat?
Heavy hitters, the ones who hit the most home runs,
  also strike out a lot.
R.H Macy failed seven times
  before his store in New York caught on.
English novelist John Creasy got 753 rejection slips
  before he published 564 books.
Babe Ruth struck out 1330 times,
  but he also hit 714 home runs.
Don't worry about failure.
Worry about the chances you miss
  when you don't even try.