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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

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

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

Failure is an event not a person

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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