Temporary Defeat Quotes - Page 2

• Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  May, Path, Resurrection

  Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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• Most so called FAILURES are only temporary defeats

  Napoleon Hill

  Business, Defeat, Temporary

  Napoleon Hill (2011). “You Can Work Your Own Miracles”, p.91, Ballantine Books

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• Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving

  Napoleon Hill

  Past, Leader, Arriving

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• At this unprecedented juncture in our history I have a word for you. Do not be disheartened by our temporary defeat ; be cheerful and optimistic. Above all, never lose your faith in the destiny of India. There is no power on earth which can keep India in bondage. India will be free and, that too, soon. JAl-HIND !

  Subhas Chandra Bose

  Optimistic, Army, Destiny

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• There is a vast difference between failure and temporary defeat.

  Napoleon Hill

  Differences, Defeat, Temporary

  Napoleon Hill, E. Harold Keown (1989). “Succeed and grow rich through persuasion”, Signet

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• 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.

  Napoleon Hill

  Gratitude, Blessing, Lessons

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.34, Penguin

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• 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.

  Napoleon Hill

  Dream, Believe, Mind

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, James Breckenridge Jones, Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and Grow Rich, Updated and Complete - With If You Can Count to Four...”, p.32, Lulu.com

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• The world wants the kind of men who do not shrink from temporary defeats in life; but come again and wrestle triumph from defeat.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Life, Men, Triumph

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• If you see yourself in a favorable light, if your image of yourself is pleasant, if this visual concept of yourself cannot be shaken by temporary defeats, then you have reached the goal achieved by the most fortunate. Not everyone reaches this mental state; in fact, many people do not even believe it is possible. Happiness and peace of mind are a matter of consciousness. We must create the inner-harmony we desire. This type of awareness is not an accident, it comes from study and an understanding that we are truly creative.

  Bob Proctor

  Believe, Light, People

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Jan 07, 2012

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• You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the truth that the very seed of success is dormant in every defeat that you experience.

  Napoleon Hill

  Differences, Dormant, Stills

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.125, Penguin

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• What if you have failed in the past? So, at one time did every man we recognize as a towering success. They called it "temporary defeat.

  Napoleon Hill

  Leadership, Past, Men

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