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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

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

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.

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