New Delhi, June 12 -- "My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing." - Marc Andreessen

The quote tells that true success comes from sustained learning, resilience, and long-term achievement rather than celebrating failure as an end in itself.

Marc Andreessen, the renowned entrepreneur, software engineer and venture capitalist, wrote these lines. It emerged from his criticism of the popular Silicon Valley mantra of "fail fast." Andreessen argued that failure should never be the objective; rather, the objective should be long-term success and continuous improvement.

The quote was published in his article Failure published by Andreessen Horowitz in January 2015, where he stated, "The g...