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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.

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

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

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.