Defeat Quotes

We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving.

I don't know how you defeat an insurgency unless you have some handle on the number of people that you are facing.

The reason that democracies always defeat dictatorships is because they're open to debate. We should never allow Washington to say, 'Shut up, get in line and wave the flag.'

If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name.

Politics needs a flexible mind, for it has no immutable or eternal rules. In politics immutable or eternal rules lead to inevitable and swift defeat.

I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed.

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.

Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas.

War is a defeat for humanity.

Losing is a bad feeling. I've never been on an undefeated team throughout high school, so I tasted defeat before. I've been taught to handle it graciously.

There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands

Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.

You might be able to thrash your way out of a spiderweb, but thrashing in quicksand doesn’t work. The harder you fight, the more ground you lose. Struggling merely expedites your inevitable defeat.

Marriage is to me apostasy, profanation of the sanctuary of my soul, violation of my manhood, sale of my birthright, shameful surrender, ignominious capitulation, acceptance of defeat.

With the ambitious, the failure of one expedient is the suggestion of another; but with the irresolute, defeat usually occasions abandonment of purpose.

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

What can defeat greed, technological superiority, and legal lawlessness ... is discipline, consciousness, and unity.

In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to deny one is to deny the other.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it - you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory.

One man alone can't defeat the forces of evil, but many good people coming together can.

Never let the defeat of the past rob you of the success of your future.

In times of defeat, we never know how close we are to victory. In every event of failure, God has planted a seed of success.

I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective.

No compromise is possible and the victory of the democracies can only be complete with the utter defeat of the war machines of Germany and Japan.

A lack of endurance is one of the greatest causes of defeat, especially in prayer.

Liberty knows nothing but victories. Soldiers call Bunker Hill a defeat; but liberty dates from it though Warren lay dead on the field.

People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.

Sin turns ugly and is subject to defeat only when seen in the light of Christ's beauty.

Allied air power was the greatest single reason for the German defeat.

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.

Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time in our lives.

My job is to defeat the guy in front of me, do it until he quits, and then wait for them to send in the next guy.

Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.

One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat.

There is a lot of difference between failure and defeat. Failure is when you are defeated and neither learn nor contribute anything.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.

Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality.

Defeat is most devastating at the moment of victory" Saint Dane

You can make the Ring into an allegory of our own time, if you like: and allegory of the inevitable fate that waits for all attempts to defeat evil power by power.

The only really fatal element in defeat is the resolution not to try again.

Hate is not a feeling toward another, but a feeling of defeat by another.

Defeat the enemies strategy.

Each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence.

What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.

You're a star -- and so am I. I'm a genius -- and so are you. Your success encourages my brilliance, and my charisma enhances your power. Your victory doesn't require my defeat, and vice versa.