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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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

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

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.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

Failure is an event not a person

Man knows so much and does so little.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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