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.

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

Failure is an event not a person

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

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

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

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

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.

Man knows so much and does so little.

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

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.

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

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