Quotes related to 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
You can be discouraged by failure--or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success. On the far side.
— Thomas Watson Sr.
I was fully burnt out - and in some ways I think that was good, because I was just fully numb.
— Bowen Yang
The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
— Tertullian
We will not stop resisting the occupation until liberation or martyrdom.
— Muqtada al Sadr
The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.
— Norman Vincent Peale
You need be defeated only if you are willing to be.
— Norman Vincent Peale
What, then, shall we say in response to these things?" What things? Why, anything! Disappointment, frustration, nervousness, despair, anxiety, injustice: "What shall we then say to these things?" Well, the answer is . . . "If God is for us, who can be against us?" Isn't that wonderful? That is resonant, that is sturdy, that is the essence of victory.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better... or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.
— Og Mandino
Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.
— Og Mandino
I will tell you that there have been no failures in my life. I don't want to sound like some metaphysical queen,but there have been no failures. There have been some tremendous lessons.
— Oprah Winfrey
Think back for a moment on your own history -- not just where you were born or where you grew up, but the circumstances that contributed to your being right here, right now. What were the moments along the way that wounded or scared you? Chances are, you've had a few. But here's what's remarkable: You are still here, still standing.
— Oprah Winfrey
Power to destroy, they also have the power to heal.
— Oprah Winfrey