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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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

Failure is an event not a person

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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