What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.
Be a calm beholder of what is happening around you.
'What is' is more important than 'what should be.' Too many people are looking at 'what is' from a position of thinking 'what should be'.
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.