Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Sometimes quoted as "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Often misattributed to Nelson Mandela or Confucius.
The Complete Works of Oliver Goldsmith (ed. 1893), p. 413, Citizen of the World, Letter VII.
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