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

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

Dream is not that you see in the sleep; dream is that does not allow you to sleep.

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

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

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

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

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

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

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved.