The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now - Zig Ziglar

Failure has been correctly identified as the line of least persistence.

In those early days, God gave us wonderful experiences to confirm our faith, then sooner or later, He chose a more difficult curriculum for us. Struggles, disappointments, and misunderstandings about the nature of the Christian life threatened our fledgling faith, but the winter season provided the opportunity to go deeper and grow closer to God.

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.