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

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

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 an event not a person

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

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.

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

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