Most talents are to some extent a gift. Good Character, by contrast, is not given to us. Most people never run far enough on their first wind, to find out if they've got a second. I have always felt that although someone may defeat me, and I strike out in a ball game, the pitcher on the particular day was the best player. But I know when I see him again, I'm going to be ready for his curve ball.
Failure is a part of success.
There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. Separate yourself now from the multitude of humanity so that you will be able to control your own destiny. Remember that what others think and say and do need never influence what you think and say and do. An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.