(On getting married at 19) We told ourselves we had forever and we never looked back. The problem was that we never really looked ahead.

Sometimes you just have to know when the battle you’re fighting is one best walked away from, than fought to the cold, bitter end.

[W]e are not merely tempered and schooled by failure but compelled, in however subtle a fashion, to become something other than we were.

Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.

Historically, my lack of success; had a direct correlation with me silencing my authenticity. Summon the strength to stand in your truth.

Failure is the ultimate motivator, the supreme teacher, and the definitive guarantee of life. Failure is what makes success so addictive.

Those who envy the success of others are normally ignorant to the sacrifices, failures, and dedication that it took for them to get there.

And what of failure?"He shrugged."The consequence of not succeesing.Remember what Homer said.Circumstances rule men,not men circumstances.

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

Success is not an end in itself. It should be a means to an end - happiness. If success does not lead to happiness, it is called "failure".

A sad fact in life is that you cannot have winners without losers, no matter what you do, it's up to you to make out which one you are.

I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being--forgive me--rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

Alas, how easily things go wrong!A sigh too much, a kiss too longAnd there follows a mist and a weeping rainAnd life is never the same again

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.

The capacity to surmount failure without being discouraged is the chief asset of every person who attains outstanding success in any calling.