Failure cannot cope with persistence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nature never excuses lapses.

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

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.

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

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

The worst prison would be a closed heart.