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.

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank read more

Far better it is 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 the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The read more

There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.

There is no defeat except for those who give up.

There is no defeat except for those who give up.

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity

In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity

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.

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.