Henry Ward Beecher: It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men…
It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible. One is never so near victory as when defeated in a good cause.
In today’s wordsDefeat is what turns bone to flint and gristle to muscle and makes people invincible. You're never closer to victory than when you're defeated in a good cause.
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- You can’t control what happens to you, you can control what happens in you and most importantly you can control what happens through you.
- Winning does not happen because you want it to. It happens when failure is not a option for you.
- God's Delays are never meant to Deter you, but to Detour you.
- Never allow the PIT you are in, to make you PITiful.
- It is easy to do anything in victory. It is in defeat that a man reveals himself.
- A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another man than this, that when the injury began on his part, the kindness should begin on ours.