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.

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

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

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

Man knows so much and does so little.

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Nature never excuses lapses.