The road to success is paved with failure

Meaning: Success requires learning from mistakes.

Origin: Modern proverb, popularized by business literature in the 20th century.

Translations

• French: Le chemin du succès est pavé d'échecs (literally: The road to success is paved with failures)
• Spanish: El camino al éxito está pavimentado con fracasos (literally: The road to success is paved with failures)
• Japanese: 失敗は成功のもと (Shippai wa seikō no moto) (literally: Failure is the foundation of success)

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