As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

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

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

The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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.

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

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

Nature never excuses lapses.