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

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.