“Most so called FAILURES are only temporary defeats”
Source: Law of Success: The 21st-Century Edition
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Napoleon Hill 104
American author 1883–1970Related quotes
“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.”
“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.”
“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.”
As quoted in Perfectionism : What's Bad About Being Too Good? (1987) by Miriam Adderholdt and Jan Goldberg, p. 85
Source: Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others
Hagakure (c. 1716)
Context: People with intelligence will use it to fashion things both true and false and will try to push through whatever they want with their clever reasoning. This is injury from intelligence. Nothing you do will have effect if you do not use truth.
In affairs like law suits or even in arguments, by losing quickly one will lose in fine fashion. It is like sumo. If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat.
“In any case you mustn't confuse a single failure with a final defeat.”
Variant: Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
Source: Tender Is the Night
