Far better it is to dare might things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they in the gray twilight that knows nor victory nor defeat.

Defeat is a state of mind. You are defeated only when you accept defeat, and assume the hopeless mindset of a defeated person.

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.

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

I’m not perfect. And who knows how many times I’ve fallen short. We all fall short. That’s the amazing thing about the grace of God.

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default; by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.

Where words fail, music speaks.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

Failure is part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.

I'm an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.

Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.

Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.

To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting and achieving goals.

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and they will come forth later in uglier ways.

Football is like life—it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, in you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.

The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.

There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take for better, for worse, as his portion; that, though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.