Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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