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.

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

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

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Man knows so much and does so little.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

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

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

Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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

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