Failure is an event not a person
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.
At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.
You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
Failure cannot cope with persistence.
As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
The wise say that our failure is to form habits: for habit is the mark of a stereotyped world.
Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice.
Nature never excuses lapses.
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
You have committed a double mistake, firstly by not keeping the engagement yesterday and secondly, by coming when you were not expected.
Dream is not that you see in the sleep; dream is that does not allow you to sleep.
The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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.
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.