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.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.