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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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.