It is still true today that everyone will face some kind of hardship in their life, whether it be failing one test or failing out of college. This quote is still applicable today because of this; The important thing is getting back up or trying again after failure, and not letting your failure control what you do. If everybody let the fear of failing consume their lives, there would never be any progression, and no one would ever try anything new. For example, if Galileo had been afraid of failure he would have bowed down to the Catholic Church, and we may still not believe the Earth revolves around the sun. Even when nobody believed him and he was being convicted of heresy, he still kept on trying despite it until he was proven right. Though
