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

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

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

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

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

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

Failure is an event not a person

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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.