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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

Nature never excuses lapses.

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.

Failure is an event not a person

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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