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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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