True failure comes when the mind gives up.  

【Xian’er says so: “I am told off by Shifu AGAIN.”】

Xianyi came back from his trip overseas to transmit Buddhism.  
In English，he shared his experience visiting the Louvre in Paris.  
His presentation was tilted : A Crashing Exchange of International Transmission of Buddhism, World Civilization, and Traditional Universal Value.
Xian’er envied Xianyi a great deal.
So he called for a meeting to give a presentation.
Attendees were kids from villages near Bu’er Monastery, and Wang Xiaowu, Zhao Xiaocui, Zhang Xiaosi, etc...
Xian’er’s presentation was titled: How Rookie Birds and Stray Dogs learn to get by in  life.
As a result, Xian’er was told off by Shifu again.

Below are quoted from my Shifu’s new book, Say Good Things—Master Xuecheng’s insight on the path to speaking like a Buddha.
Neither self-abasement nor self-conceit is a normal state of mind.
Be confident but not overconfident;
Be modest but not self-contemptuous.
Success or failure,Is not determined by comparison,
But by one’s own progress and growth.
True failure comes when the mind gives up.   

真正的失败是心的放弃

【贤二如是说：我又被师父批了 】

贤一去海外弘法回来，用英文跟大家分享在巴黎的卢浮宫的感悟，
题目是《国际弘法与世界文明以及传统普世价值的碰撞与激荡》，
贤二很羡慕，就召集了不二寺旁边的村民的孩子以及王小五、赵小翠、张小四等也开了个分享会，题目是《菜鸟和流浪狗是如何学会在生活中处处认怂》。
结果贤二又被师父批了。

 以下来自我师父的《好好说话》
过于自卑和自负都不是平常心，要自信而不自负，谦虚而不自卑。
成功与失败，不是与别人比较出来的，是看自己的成长。
真正的失败是心的放弃。