作者Robert Harold Schuller是美國(guó)詩(shī)人，畢業(yè)于素有美國(guó)哈佛后花園之稱的Hope College霍普學(xué)院，1950年從西方神學(xué)院獲得神學(xué)碩士學(xué)位?！妒〉囊饬x》是一首勵(lì)志詩(shī)，失敗并不代表你就是失敗者。

　　It does mean you haven't succeeded yet.它只表明你尚未成功

　　Failure doesn't mean you have accomplished nothing,失敗并不代表你一無(wú)所獲

　　It does mean you have learned something.它只表明你吸取了一次教訓(xùn)

　　Failure doesn't mean you have been a fool,失敗并不代表你很愚蠢

　　It does mean you had a lot of faith.它只表明你信心百倍

　　Failure doesn't mean you've been disgraced,失敗并不代表你無(wú)臉見(jiàn)人

　　It does mean you were willing to try.它只表明你百折不回

　　Failure doesn't mean you don't have it,失敗并不代表白費(fèi)功夫

　　It does mean you have to do something in a different way.它只表明你的方法仍待改進(jìn)

　　Failure doesn't mean you are inferior,失敗并不代表你低人一等

　　It does mean you are not perfect.它只表明你也并非完人

　　Failure doesn't mean you've wasted your life,失敗并不代表你浪費(fèi)了生命

　　It does mean you have a reason to start afresh.它只表明你有理由重新開(kāi)始

　　Failure doesn't mean you should give up,失敗并不代表你應(yīng)該放棄

　　It does mean you must try harder.它只表明你要加倍努力

　　Failure doesn't mean you'll never make it,失敗并不代表成功永遠(yuǎn)不屬于你

　　It does mean it will take a little longer.它只表明你可能需要付出更多的時(shí)間

　　Failure doesn't mean God has abandoned you,失敗并不代表上帝已經(jīng)將你拋棄

　　It does mean God has a better idea.它只表明上帝還有更好的主意