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

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

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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