Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
I can, therefore I am.
Leap, and the net will appear.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
It's always too early to quit.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Failure and things of this sort - you can take it one of two ways. You can either let that hurt you and really affect the way that you live your life in the future, or you can use that as an opportunity for growth.