“Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.” MaySeemsJoyGrowthDangerousDefeatFollowingFoolishImpulseOutcomes Author:A. J. Muste
“Something of defeat, something of tragedy, can be a sacrament because it stops us and causes us to look deeper.” LooksCausesGrowthTragedyPersonal GrowthDefeatDeeperSacraments Author:Kathleen Dowling Singh
“Both a priori reasoning and experience teach us that as as these funds grow larger the geometrical rate of growth by compound interest ultimately defeats itself.” GrowsGrowthInterestTeachRateDefeatReasoningFundCompoundsCompound Interest Author:Benjamin Graham
“Without defeats, how do you really know who the hell you are? If you never had to stand up to something - to get up, to be knocked down, and to get up again - life can walk over you wearing football cleats. But each time you do get up, you're bigger, taller, finer, more beautiful, more kind, more understanding, more loving. Each time you get up, you're more inclusive. More people can stand under your umbrella.” PeopleIfsKnowsKindBeautifulUnderstandingGrowthWalksHellFootballBiggerDown AndDefeatGet UpOver YouShortcomingsUmbrellaKnocked DownCleats Author:Maya Angelou
“Like all men who are Napoleonic in their ambitionshe has instincts about the nature of growth, a lover's sense of the momentof crisis, and he knewhow costly is defeat when it is not soothed by greater consciousness, and how wasteful is the profit of victory when there is not the courage to employ it.” MenGrowthConsciousnessCourageGreaterLoversVictoryAmbitionCrisisInstinctDefeatProfitNapoleonic Author:Norman Mailer