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

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.

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Failure is an event not a person

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Man knows so much and does so little.

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

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