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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

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

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

Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice.

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

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

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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

Failure is an event not a person

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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