You have surely heard that success has many parents and failure's an orphan. The proverb is of course cynical, but there is more truth to it than it seems. Succ

You have surely heard that success has many parents and failure's an orphan. The proverb is of course cynical, but there is more truth to it than it seems. Success often needs many parents, while failure may come from a single factor among many. Or simply because there were not enough parents to make it succeed, in which case, you could say only half-jokingly that the failure happened for no reason.