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Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause read more
I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.
But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose read more
But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.
It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when read more
It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated...it is finished when it surrenders.
When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. read more
When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by orginality, overcomes everything.
Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by orginality, overcomes everything.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
