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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

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

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