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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

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

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

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