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

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.