“After all, it isn't the facts of one's environment, but one's attitude toward them, that determines whether one will be defeated or victorious.”

“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.”

“Any facts facing us is not as important as our attitude towards it, for that determines our success or failures...”

“There are many paths to victory; choose the shortest one! There are many paths to defeat; choose the longest one!”

“Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.”

“Nor can one take an unfair attitude even towards enemies: "Let the enmity of a people[towards you] not determine you upon an unjust course; be fair, it is closer to taqwā. Quran”