The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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.