“People who use the mind and aggressive energy to blow their opponent away can be figured out. Anybody you can figure out you can defeat.” PeopleMindUseEnergyFiguresDefeatBlowOpponentsAggressive Author:Frederick Lenz
“Perhaps the heroic element in our natures is exhibited to the best advantage, not in going from success to success, and so on through a series of triumphs, but in gathering, on the very field of defeat itself, the materials for renewed efforts, and in proceeding, with no abatement of heart or energy, to form fresh designs upon the very ruins and ashes of blasted hopes. Yes, it is this indomitable persistence in a purpose, continued alike through defeat and success, that makes, more than aught else, the hero.” HeartFormPurposeEnergyEffortDesignFieldsMaterialsHeroElementsAdvantageSeriesDefeatRuinsTriumphPersistenceHeroicAshesGatheringProceedingIndomitable Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“Accustom yourself to submit on all and every occasion, and on the most minute, no less than on the most important circumstances of life, to a small present evil, to obtain a greater distant good. This will give decision, tone, and energy to the mind, which, thus disciplined, will often reap victory from defeat and honor from repulse.” GivingMindImportantEvilEnergyDecisionGreaterMinutesVictoryHonorCircumstancesDefeatOccasionsToneSubmitReapEvery Occasion Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling. People who fear the worst tend to invite it. Heads that are down can't scan the horizon for new openings. Bursts of energy do not spring from a spirit of defeat. Ultimately, helplessness leads to hopelessness.” PeopleSelfSpiritEnergyTroubleWorstDespairSpringDefeatOpeningHorizonInvitesFulfillingHopelessnessHelplessness Author:Norman Cousins