Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Failure is an event not a person

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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