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To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort

Gene Kranz
Attitude, Errors, Best Effort
Gene Kranz (2009). “Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond”, p.393, Simon and Schuster
To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort