The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.