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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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