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There is a vast difference between failure and temporary defeat.
Sep 29, 2025
Most so called FAILURES are only temporary defeats
Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.
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.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create.
One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.
Every time a man rises from defeat, he becomes mentally and emotionally stronger. Thus, in time, one may actually find his self - his true, inner self - through temporary defeat.
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.
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.
The world wants the kind of men who do not shrink from temporary defeats in life; but come again and wrestle triumph from defeat.
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.
Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness.
Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
From Christ on down to Edison, the men who have achieved most have been those who met with the most stubborn forms of temporary defeat. This would seem to justify the conclusion that Infinite Intelligence has a plan, or a law, by which it hurdles men over many obstacles before giving them the privilege of leadership or the opportunity to render useful service in a noteworthy fashion.
Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.
All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination.
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 !
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.
Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Opportunity ... It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving.
Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.
Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
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