Skip to content

Order by December 10 for delivery before Christmas. Shop gifts

If you fail, fail going for the right thing.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.12

The source

"If you fail, fail going for the right thing." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 10.12. Translated by George Long, 1862.

"if thou dost fail, let thy failure be in attempting this"

George Long, 1862, Meditations 10.12.

Who said it

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Roman emperor who wrote private notes to himself on a military campaign. We know them as the Meditations.

Questions

Who said "If you fail, fail going for the right thing."?
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 10.12.
What is the original wording?
if thou dost fail, let thy failure be in attempting this (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.

Filed under Grit.

More from Marcus Aurelius