Quotes on Temporary Defeat

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

If the thing you wish to do is right, and YOU BELIEVE IN IT, go ahead and do it! Put your dreams across, and never mind what 'they' say if you meet with temporary defeat, for 'they' perhaps, do not know that every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.

Every failure is a blessing in disguise, providing it teaches some needed lesson one could not have learned without it. Most so-called Failures are only temporary defeats.

Opportunity ... It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination.

To me defeat in anything is merely temporary. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth.

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create.

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.