Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

But man is not made for defeat,'he said. 'A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice.

Man knows so much and does so little.

Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

Failure is an event not a person

The wise say that our failure is to form habits: for habit is the mark of a stereotyped world.

To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

You have committed a double mistake, firstly by not keeping the engagement yesterday and secondly, by coming when you were not expected.

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now

Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.