“There comes with every experience of temporary defeat, and every failure and every form of adversity, the seed of an equivalent benefit”

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”

“Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.”

“Opportunity...it often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.”

“Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving”

“Most so called FAILURES are only temporary defeats”

“Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.”