Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

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.

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.