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

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

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.

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

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

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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