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

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

Failure is an event not a person

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.

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

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

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.