No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

First you give life and action and guidance to ideas, then they take on power of their own and sweep aside all opposition.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

A man is most efficient and will more quickly and easily succeed when engaged in work that he loves, or work that he performs in behalf of some person whom he loves.

We refuse to believe that which we don't understand.

Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.