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

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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