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

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

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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 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.