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.

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

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

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

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

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

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

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

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