It is your own bad strategies, not the unfair opponent, that are to blame for your failures. You are responsible for the good and bad in your life.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.

The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them — especially not from yourself.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.

Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.

When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.

Those who truly fail in my eyes are the ones who never try at all. The ones who sit on the couch and whine and moan and wait for the world to change for them.

Success or failure is caused more by mental attitude than by mental capacity.

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose – not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. 

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

The real embarrassing issue about failure is your own acknowledgement that you’re not a genius, that you’re not as good as you thought you were. […] There’s only one solution: You must embrace failure.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street

Failure is an event, it is not a person—yesterday ended last night—today is a brand new day and it’s yours.

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

One of the main reasons people fail to reach their full potential is because they are unwilling to risk anything.

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker

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

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.