B. C. Forbes Quotes

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that's a great feeling.

You're going to hit some rough patches. You're going to run into obstacles. People are going to say, 'You can't do it.' But you have to persevere. You have to keep working hard and believing in yourself.

I was told by thousands of people I would never make it.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

I had five years of failure, really, before I had the first initial sign of success.

Wally Amos is the classic example of a man who gets up again and again.

A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.

If you fall during your life, it doesn't matter. You're never a failure as long as you try to get up.

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

Man is not made for defeat.

The greatest glory never comes from falling, but from rising each time you fall.

I took the hardest possible route that you could take, and I still overcame and succeeded.

We have all lost before and we will win again.

I swore to myself that I was never going to lose again, and that's what drives me still. More than money, more than titles, more than fame, it's the desire not to be defeated.

Before I was a champion, I failed, and I was afraid.

Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.