Should we fear failure? Should we fear what makes us human? Should we fear the motivation that keeps us from giving up? We all fail at things. Richard Nixon for example ran for presidency in 1960, but didn’t make it in till 1968. He showed our country not to give up when they have ideas that can benefit society. Even Walt Disney experienced failure. Walt Disney was fired from his job in 1919 at the Kansas City Star because he didn’t have any good ideas and or enough imagination. Soon after, in 1923 Walt Disney founded Disney. Today his net worth is worth about $400 million.

The quote “Our greatest fear should not be failure, but of succeeding at something that doesn’t really matter.” By: D.L. Moody portrays the notion that failure shouldn’t be our biggest fear, but succeeding in something that doesn’t contribute or better our nation. The definition of fear is to “be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening” (Dictionary.com). Failure can’t hurt us. Why should we fear something that will help us learn and improve the future generation?

Failure has been around since the human race began. Finding a way around failure is inevitable. As a society we shouldn’t accept failure, but take it as motivation to improve.