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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.