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

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

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

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

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

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

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

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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

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