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

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

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

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.

Failure is an event not a person

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

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.

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.