Defeat Quotes

Desire is making people build ships and cities, has made men conquer nations... and it can defeat that nicotine

The greatest measure of a human being isn't how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes.

In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.

I believe that it isn't victories but defeats that promote nationalism.

Every time you defeat a temptation, you become more like Jesus!

One learns more from defeat than from victory.

The best argument is an undeniably good book.

The Wall was the actual symbol of a defeat, of inferiority.

Winning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field.

You little fool. You thought you could defeat the most powerful being on Earth.

Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives! Fight on; death is better than defeat! Fight on brave knights! for bright eyes behold your deeds!

A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death.

Compassion is the enemy. Mercy defeats us

I also know that every person faces adversity in life. Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress in one term. But few faced as many defeats in his personal, business and public life as he did.

A strong man never loses his head in defeat or despondency.

But there are still people whose moral superiority defeats your own.

You cannot defeat your enemies until you know who they are.

Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.

As has happened so often in history, victory had bred a complacency and fostered an orthodoxy which led to defeat in the next war.

Why can't God just defeat the devil and get rid of evil? It's the same reason the comic book character can't get rid of his nemesis; then there's no story.

Republicans are taking the defeat over Health Care as well as Tiger Woods took to marriage.

I went to a bookstore the other day. I asked a woman behind the counter where the self-help books were. She said, ‘If I told you, that would defeat the whole purpose.’

Every victory contains the germ of future defeat.

Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.

There's music in everything, even defeat

If your ethical model defeats you, change the model.

Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians.

ISIS is on its way to defeat but terrorism threat persists.

Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.

In every race there is a crucial moment when the body wants to quit. Then it needs imagination and mental tenacuty to survive the crisis. Otherwise the penalty is defeat.

What you accept in victory, you must accept in defeat.

Mobilizing the love of life is the only force that can defeat the love for the dead.

I carry my awareness of defeat like a banner of victory.

We attack not only to hurt someone, to defeat him, but perhaps also simply to become conscious of our own strength.

The man who can accept defeat and take his salary without feeling guilty is a thief.

The Keystone Pipeline decision has taken longer than it took us to defeat Hitler

For ever so our thoughtful hearts repeatOn fields of triumph dirges of defeat;And still we turn on gala-days to treadAmong the rustling memories of the dead.

Only as a grand gesture of defeat will men creep into the arms of the state and seek refuge in its power rather than their own courage.

Victory fades so quickly that it is scarcely apparent and it is always the face of defeat that we are able to see.

Don't beat yourself. That's the worst kind of defeat you'll ever suffer.

If we want to end terrorism we need to bring quality education so we defeat the mindset of terrorism mentality and of hatred.

I don't think any professional accepts defeat.

We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust.

To defeat evil, we may have to traffic in evils: indefinite detention of suspects, coercive interrogations, targeted assassinations, even pre-emptive war.

Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time.

Victories and defeats form part of everyone's life - everyone, that is, except cowards, as you call them, because they never lose or win.

Life here with the things of the earth is a sinking, a defeat, a failing of the wing.

We all know them — the unstructured person whose every action seems aimless and the totally organized person whose every action defeats some purpose.

We are as pieces of chess engaged in victory and defeat!

There is very much in the world that is bad. But usually the attempt to defeat evil engenders more evil. I advise you to do good; that is the only way to win the victory.