“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
⏤ Paulo Coelho
My understanding
This quote by Paulo Coelho, from his book The Alchemist, is a simple but powerful reminder about perseverance. Life is full of challenges, and falling down is just part of the journey. The real secret is to keep getting back up, no matter how many times you fall.
It’s not about avoiding failure but learning how to recover from it. Each time you rise again, you grow stronger and wiser. Success isn’t about never falling. It’s about refusing to stay down.
Reminds me
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The Turkish idiom says, “You can’t reach the top without first seeing the bottom.”
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From the Batman movie, “Why do we fall, Bruce? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.”
Batman Begins: “Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.”
