Defeat Quotes

You must not think that I feel, in spite of it having ended in such defeat, that my "life has been wasted" here, or that I would exchange it with that of anyone I know.

Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of.

The popular Arab imagination is a pliant and inventive thing; it can explain any defeat. It is a compass that always points toward the Jew.

the face of victory often resembles the face of defeat.

Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers.

Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat.

Without a doubt, there's huge satisfaction when a relatively smaller nation can take on a bigger nation and defeat them. There's a lot of pride in that.

Hillary Clinton said that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is engaged in 'theater.' Which explains the new strategy to defeat him: casting him as the lead in 'Spider-Man: the Musical.'

What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it is information, knowledge - the ability to defeat propaganda by understanding it.

Your problems are not there to defeat you, they are there to increase you.

Defeat held no honor.

People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.

I have no interest in anybody's life that way so it defeats me why people go to that length to pry.

You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.

There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government.

Shared victory is a double victory, shared defeat is half-defeat.

Stategy in Iraq- defeat al-Qaeda; limit Iran's influence.

Out of Berklee Dream Theater was born and we've been together ever since. I didn't have to taste that feeling of defeat.

Frederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery.

You should never leave something with a feeling of defeat.

It's always an uphill battle to defeat a Supreme Court nominee, but this is a fight worth having.

Sometimes the monsters are real, Anita. Sometimes they’re real and the only way to defeat them is to be the bigger monster.' - Chang Bibi to Anita

This is the moment of your defeat; you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism.

Defeating ISIS. If we do not defeat them abroad, we will be facing more and more of a threat at home. This does not require an occupation or an enduring ground operation.

Boxing involves the possibility of defeat, I accepted that very early on. After all, there are only two men and one of them wins.

The Soviet Union needs thinking and critical friends, such as are capable not only of singing hymns in the hours of success, but of not shrinking in the hour of defeat and danger.

The Million Man March, in one day, helped to defeat all of the evil propaganda spread about Black men throughout the world.

Weakness is hard, but it doesn't have to mean defeat. It's our opportunity to experience God's power firsthand.

God loves you just the way you are. But He loves you too much to leave you stuck in a state of defeat

Defeat creates orphaned thoughts.

It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat. I have truth on my side, you only have deceit.

The word 'defeat' is not to be found in my dictionary, and everyone who is selected as a recruit in my army may be certain that there is no defeat for a satyagrahi.

Never own defeat in a sacred cause and make up your minds henceforth that you will be pure and that you will find a response from God.

Using death to defeat death... wow. No way the devil saw that one coming.

Human nature is the same everywhere; it deifies success, it has nothing but scorn for defeat.

Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual.

Young people . . , God wants us to be victorious. He wants you to triumph over all of your foes. Stalwart and brave we must stand. God is at the helm. There is no reason for defeat.

I like to pretend that I'm a tough guy. It's kind of an admission of defeat if I have to ask for help - or even kindness. But if it doesn't come, at some point I snap and demand it.

Victory brings obliviousness; defeat, attentiveness.

Our comparative fidelity was fear of defeat at the hands of another partner.

It is almost as easy to be enervated by triumph as by defeat.

To be human is to be challenged to be more divine. Not even to try to meet such a challenge is the biggest defeat imaginable.

You can't win every battle! You must have the word Defeat in your dictionary; if not, defeat will triumph even more strongly!

In every defeat, there develops a silent embryo of victory; in every failure, under the rubbles, there appears a divine key to success.

Hate is your enemy; you must defeat it! Anger is your enemy; you must defeat it! Violence is your enemy; you must defeat it! Death is your enemy; you must defeat it! Know well your real enemies!

A victory which is not honorable is nothing but a defeat!

Declare not war against your emotions, or prepare for the inevitable defeat!

To defeat all their enemies and be victorious! This is the unpreventable destiny of all the great ideas!

Victory is a good wine; defeat is a good university!

I don't like to put people in a competition to defeat the other.