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

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

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.

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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