Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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

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.