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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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

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

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

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

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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