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

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.

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.