There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.
I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.
Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
My best friend is he who rights my wrongs or reproaches my mistakes.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.
The best for giving is FORGIVING others’ mistakes and the best for getting is FORGETTING that we have forgiven someone, but not the great lesson learnt from that incidence to let the mistake to repeat again in life.
Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.
A winner loses more often than losers.
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll need them on your way down.
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.
Life’s real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
People will listen a great deal more patiently while you explain your mistakes than when you explain your successes.
I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying.
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits.
Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error.
If plan A fails, there are still 25 letters of the alphabet.
Fall down seven times. Stand up eight.
Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Man is designed as a perfect device. However, some copies behave as if the manufacturer has forgotten to connect them with all the circuits.
Despair is the shortest road to disaster.
Life without errors is like paper without words.
The only people to profit from the mistakes of others are biographers.
Defeat may test you, but it need not stop you.
Pay attention to your enemies. They are the first to discover your mistakes.
Most great discoveries start with making a mistake.
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
Error is to truth as sleep is to waking.
Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.
Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are most tolerable are arbitrary, cruel, grasping and unintelligent.
Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.
It is a trait of fools to perceive the faults of others but not their own.
