Defeat Quotes

A man isn't tiny or giant enough to defeat anything.

I'm not so much against the war as I am for a Vietnamese victory. I'm not so much for peace as for a U.S. defeat.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Victory breeds hatred; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, giving up victory and defeat.

The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

Our enemies have made the mistake that America's enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness. And now, they see defeat.

We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.

You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive.

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant.

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that we can know who we are.

We will pursue them until they lose their nerves... Now that they have indulged in their evil and crimes, they will suffer a defeat.

The experience of the self is always a defeat for the ego.

Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day.

Good music always defeats bad luck

We shall then defeat the whole lot of them in one go!

Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up.

There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side : the fear of a defeat on the useful side.

Some forms of reality are so horrible we refuse to face them, unless we are trapped into it by comedy. To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat.

To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.

The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.

The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.

We have the power, knowledge, and equipment to build a world beyond our wonder. Only loss of nerve can defeat us.

Desires must be simple and definite. They defeat their own purpose should they be too many, too confusing, or beyond a man's training to accomplish

An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.

Dada talks with you, it is everything, it includes everything, it belongs to all religions, can be neither victory nor defeat, it lives in space and not in time.

Shake off the self-pity, shake off the defeat and get ready for God to do something new. He is going to pay you back for every injustice.

To maintain the ability to admit and grow from our mistakes rather than let them defeat us represents best the inner strength of a people.

Once you accept defeat, it becomes ease to lose. If defeat comes, face it and take it, but don't accept it.

The mind, if slackened even a little, will cause defeat, the same as fearing the opponent will make you unable to use full strength.

Doing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat.

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.

I'm inspired by failure. The process of defeat – picking yourself back up again is the hardest thing in the world.

The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in some faith or fantasy, there will never be an answer.

Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.

People of the world, unite and defeat the U.S. aggressors and all their running dogs!

We want to be on the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs on the losers, no, it is not worth it. So we fight the long defeat.

Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?

There's two ways you can defeat your opponent, number one, is you can defeat 'em outright, or number two, you can just demoralize them.

A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.

Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.

Thoughts and words form your mental image. And since we become what we picture be sure your thoughts and words express prosperity and blessing rather than poverty and defeat.

Better to dare mighty things and fail than to live in a grey twilight where there is neither victory nor defeat.

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.