You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
People will never forget how you made them feel.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!
Small actions are at the heart of kaizen. By taking steps so tiny that they seem trivial or even laughable, you'll sail calmly past obstacles that have defeated you before. Slowly - but painlessly! - you'll cultivate an appetite for continued success and lay down a permanent new route to change.
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