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.

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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