Failure is an event not a person

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

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

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

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

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

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

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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

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

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

The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.