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

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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