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

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

Failure is an event not a person

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

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

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

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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