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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

Failure is an event not a person

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Man knows so much and does so little.

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