Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
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Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.
There is a history in all men's lives.
Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.
You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it's really let us down.
If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
Love is our highest word and the synonym of God.
If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do.
There's nothing in this world that comes easy. There are a lot of people who aren't going to bother to win. We learn in football to get up and go once more.
You're in the midst of a war: a battle between the limits of a crowd seeking the surrender of your dreams, and the power of your true vision to create and contribute. It is a fight between those who will tell you what you cannot do, and that part of you that knows...and has always known...that we are more than our environment; and that a dream, backed by an unrelenting will to attain it, is truly a reality with an imminent arrival.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.
Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement.
We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves from ourselves.
Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity.
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.
The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus - it's simply learning how to focus.
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