Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.
One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.
Nature never excuses lapses.
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
The worst prison would be a closed heart.
As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.
You have committed a double mistake, firstly by not keeping the engagement yesterday and secondly, by coming when you were not expected.
Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.
You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
Failure is an event not a person
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.
The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.
The wise say that our failure is to form habits: for habit is the mark of a stereotyped world.
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved.
