Rihanna has some inspirational new ink – and it’s a mantra she plans to live by everyday.

“It reads, ‘Never a failure, always a lesson,’ and that’s my motto for life,” she says of the new tat she got at New York City’s East Side Ink this week.

The Rated R singer has a number of tattoos, including a trail of stars on her neck, the word “Shh…” on her index finger and small gun tattoo under her right arm.