Quotes About Defeatism

The mystery is Christ among you, your hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27). Hope knows that if great trials are avoided, great deeds remain undone, and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted. Pessimism and defeatism are never the fruit of the life-giving Spirit but rather reveal our unawareness of present risenness.

Fuck it, I said. I'm reading the Funnies.

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.

The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes.

The only way to counteract feelings of helplessness, indecision, and defeatism is to act. The most powerful attitude you can own when it comes to your future is self-reliance, because when it comes to your retirement, it's really up to you to take care of you.

Defeatism means turning a disaster into a moral victory.

That is part of the problem, that lack of belief in yourself because you don't see success around you. I guess that breeds defeatism, so yes there does need to be resources out there and support that will nurture talent that I believe is there, and passion that I know is there.

The mind is an intricate mechanism that can be run on the fuels of both victory and defeatism.

The growth mindset, then, is a buffer against defeatism. It reframes failure as a natural part of the change process. And that's critical, because people will persevere only if they perceive falling down as learning rather than as failing.

The growth mindset, then, is a buffer against defeatism. It reframes failure as a natural part of the change process.

Yes, there is something a little defeatist about accepting one's slacking ways rather than trying to fix them. That's a worry, though, for another month. The healthiest, most productive approach to writing is to acknowledge your weak spots early on, and build a writing plan that plays to your strengths and works around your liabilities.

Among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all.

Technological defeatism - a belief that, since a given technology is here to stay, there's nothing we can do about it other than get on with it and simply adjust our norms - is a persistent feature of social thought about technology. We'll come to pay for it very dearly.

Taking refuge in the hopeless nature of anything was just a form of cowardice.