The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.
You have committed a double mistake, firstly by not keeping the engagement yesterday and secondly, by coming when you were not expected.
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
The worst prison would be a closed heart.
Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
Man knows so much and does so little.
The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.
Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved.
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.
Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice.
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.
Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now
The wise say that our failure is to form habits: for habit is the mark of a stereotyped world.
Failure is an event not a person