Quotes about Defeat

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. Votes: 4

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus. Votes: 4

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. Votes: 4

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. Votes: 4

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. Votes: 4

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths. Votes: 4

Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other acts of derring-do. This kind of talk sounds great in the boardroom, and, for that matter, in the bookstore, where dozens of authors counsel would-be corporate warriors. Votes: 4

Defeat creates orphaned thoughts. Votes: 3

Defeat is always momentary. Votes: 3

Defeat the enemies strategy. Votes: 3

Defeat held no honor. Votes: 3

Defeat serves to enlighten us. Votes: 3

Defeat may be victory in disguise. Votes: 3

Defeat is not worth thinking about. Votes: 3

Challenges are inevitable, Defeat is optional. Votes: 3

Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory. Votes: 3

Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it. Votes: 3

Defeat is simply a signal to press onward. Votes: 3

Defeat has its lessons as well as victory. Votes: 3

Defeat is not an option. Period. The End. Votes: 3

Defeat doesn't finish a man - quit does. Votes: 3

Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost. Votes: 3

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it Votes: 3

Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word. Votes: 3

Defeat happens only to those who refuse to try again. Votes: 3

Defeat is only a defeat when we don't learn anything. Votes: 3

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong. Votes: 3

Defeat is worse than death because you live with defeat. Votes: 3

Defeat the warriors of patience and time with Cosmic Ordering. Votes: 3

Defeat is most devastating at the moment of victory" Saint Dane Votes: 3

People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within. Votes: 3

In War: Resolution,In Defeat: Defiance,In Victory: MagnaminityIn Peace: Good Will. Votes: 3

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind. Votes: 3

Defeat the fear of death and you welcome the death of fear. Votes: 3

Victory is not final. Defeat is not failure. It's all about courage. Votes: 3

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus Votes: 3

Defeat is for those who, despite their fears, live with enthusiasm and faith. Votes: 3

In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnaminity In Peace: Good Will. Votes: 3

Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. Votes: 3

Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility. Votes: 3

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting. Votes: 3

It Is Very Easy To Defeat Someone, But It Is Very Hard To Win Someone Votes: 3

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out Votes: 3

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. Votes: 3

Defeat in this world is no disgrace if you fought well and fought for the right thing. Votes: 3

Defeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice. Votes: 3

Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honor of losing and the joy of winning. Votes: 3

Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. Votes: 3

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat. Votes: 2

I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat. Votes: 2

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. Votes: 2

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost. Votes: 2

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest. Votes: 2

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. Votes: 2

Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory. Votes: 2

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. Votes: 2

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Votes: 2

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. Votes: 2

There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry. Votes: 2

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. Votes: 2

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better. Votes: 2

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. Votes: 2

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. Votes: 2

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us. Votes: 2

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. Votes: 2

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. Votes: 2

I will not lose, for even in defeat/There's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me Votes: 2

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits. Votes: 2

Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations. Votes: 2

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. Votes: 2

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. Votes: 2

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. Votes: 2

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time. Votes: 2

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle. Votes: 2

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory. Votes: 2

When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. Votes: 2

The most important thing in our war preparations is to teach all our people to hate U.S. imperialism. Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority. Votes: 2

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. Votes: 2

I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life. Votes: 2

Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity. Votes: 2

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. Votes: 2

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. Votes: 2

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Votes: 2

Here is what the practical impact of Citizens United means. What Citizens United means is that corporations call hundreds of millions of dollars into television ads, radio ads, and other forms of advertising to defeat those candidates who stand up and take them on. Votes: 2

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. Votes: 2

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin', no matter what. Votes: 2

I really thought we'd win that Votes: 1

Victory and defeat are each of the same price Votes: 1

There could be no honor in sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat Votes: 1

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom Votes: 1

Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat? Votes: 1

We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside. Votes: 1

A wrong motive involves defeat. Votes: 0

You defeat defeatism with confidence. Votes: 0

Victory brings obliviousness; defeat, attentiveness. Votes: 0

Impatience for victory guarantees defeat Votes: 0

The greatest victory is defeat. Votes: 0

Accepting defeat is not wisdom. Votes: 0

It is defeat which educates us. Votes: 0

There's music in everything, even defeat Votes: 0

Do not speak defeat, speak victory. Votes: 0

God will defeat the great infidels. Votes: 0

In ourselves are triumph and defeat. Votes: 0

War is a defeat for humanity. Votes: 0

Man is not made for defeat. Votes: 0

In defeat, unbeatable; in victor, unbearable Votes: 0

Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat. Votes: 0

Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers. Votes: 0

To overextend yourself is to invite defeat. Votes: 0

The purely defensive is doomed to defeat. Votes: 0

I don't think any professional accepts defeat. Votes: 0

Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs. Votes: 0

Calamitous collapse is better than mediocre defeat! Votes: 0

Deadline for Iraqi withdrawal is legislating defeat. Votes: 0

South Vietnam faces total defeat, and soon. Votes: 0

Failure is a disappointment, but not defeat. Votes: 0

We don't defeat evil by becoming evil. Votes: 0

A giver will never suffer a defeat. Votes: 0

You must never surrender to any defeat. Votes: 0

Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas. Votes: 0

You will learn to defeat the enemy. Votes: 0

I refuse to allow prejudice to defeat me. Votes: 0

To surprise the enemy is to defeat him. Votes: 0

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. Votes: 0

Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality. Votes: 0

Every victory contains the germ of future defeat. Votes: 0

How do you defeat terrorism? Don't be terrorized. Votes: 0

Learning is never done without errors and defeat. Votes: 0

I don't defeat my opponents, they defeat themselves. Votes: 0

Heroes are made in the hour of defeat Votes: 0

You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat. Votes: 0

To cease to love -- that is defeat. Votes: 0

Politically correct speech will not defeat the enemy. Votes: 0

Divorce is an embarrassing public admission of defeat. Votes: 0

Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable. Votes: 0

Not even need and love can defeat fate... Votes: 0

Stategy in Iraq- defeat al-Qaeda; limit Iran's influence. Votes: 0

One learns more from defeat than from victory. Votes: 0

Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians. Votes: 0

One is defeated only when one accepts defeat. Votes: 0

A faint endeavor ends in a sure defeat. Votes: 0

The art of victory is learned in defeat. Votes: 0

When faced with defeat, rise to your feet! Votes: 0

We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis. Votes: 0

There are many victories worse than a defeat. Votes: 0

I like to set up obstacles and defeat them. Votes: 0

How may a mortal, face and defeat the Kraken Votes: 0

I prefer a dirty victory to a noble defeat. Votes: 0

A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat. Votes: 0

Reason is afraid of defeat, But intuition enjoys challenges Votes: 0

The cross cannot be defeated for it is defeat. Votes: 0

As long as you are curious, you defeat age. Votes: 0

The best way to compete is to get defeat. Votes: 0

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat. Votes: 0

Could you defeat a cloud, a dream, a poem? Votes: 0

The Republican Party does not want to defeat Democrats. Votes: 0

The Republican Party does not want to defeat Democrats. Votes: 0

An unattended mind is the breeding ground of self-defeat. Votes: 0

You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections. Votes: 0

When you walk with Jesus, defeat turns into victory. Votes: 0

How women defeat one another; how need defeats women." Votes: 0

For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat. Votes: 0

Victory and defeat are each of the same price. Votes: 0

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. Votes: 0

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence. Votes: 0

Let your opponent show you how to defeat him Votes: 0

Disappointment can drive us, or it can defeat us. Votes: 0

A defeat borne with pride is also a victory. Votes: 0

Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat. Votes: 0

If no war in heaven, then defeat ain't misery. Votes: 0

It's only a sure defeat when you stop trying. Votes: 0

There's such a fine line between defeat and losing. Votes: 0

Women are never so strong as after their defeat. Votes: 0

Disappointment can drive us, or it can defeat us. Votes: 0

no truth is strong enough to defeat a well-established legend. Votes: 0

There is no defeat except for those who give up. Votes: 0

We've got to keep fighting, and I will defeat ISIS. Votes: 0

The purpose of today's training is to defeat yesterday's understanding. Votes: 0

We need to defeat al Queda and other terrorist organizations. Votes: 0

You should never leave something with a feeling of defeat. Votes: 0

People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore. Votes: 0

In the environment, every victory is temporary, every defeat permanent. Votes: 0

There are 1,000 lessons in defeat. But only one in victory. Votes: 0

The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist. Votes: 0

He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully. Votes: 0

the face of victory often resembles the face of defeat. Votes: 0

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. Votes: 0

Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. Votes: 0

I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat. Votes: 0

On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it. Votes: 0

To truly defeat an enemy, no sacrifice is too great. Votes: 0

A vote in 2002 is not a plan to defeat ISIS. Votes: 0

There is a vast difference between failure and temporary defeat. Votes: 0

I will do whatever I can to defeat Hillary Clinton. Votes: 0

Victory is a good wine; defeat is a good university! Votes: 0

Shared victory is a double victory, shared defeat is half-defeat. Votes: 0

What you accept in victory, you must accept in defeat. Votes: 0

A man isn't tiny or giant enough to defeat anything Votes: 0

The most painful thing to experience is not defeat but regret Votes: 0

Don't let the world around you defeat the belief within you. Votes: 0

There is something in me-I just can't stand to admit defeat. Votes: 0

It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. Votes: 0

The Wall was the actual symbol of a defeat, of inferiority. Votes: 0

There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool. Votes: 0

More people are ruined by victory, I imagine, than be defeat. Votes: 0

He who cannot overcome his own demons could never defeat another Votes: 0

Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat. Votes: 0

To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat. Votes: 0

do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat Votes: 0

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us. Votes: 0

Creativity is the defeat of habit by imposing originality and change. Votes: 0

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat. Votes: 0

Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it. Votes: 0

Every time you defeat a temptation, you become more like Jesus! Votes: 0

Only your fearful and doubtful thoughts could defeat you in life. Votes: 0

We are as pieces of chess engaged in victory and defeat!... Votes: 0

A victory which is not honorable is nothing but a defeat! Votes: 0

We have to defeat ISIS. That is my highest counterterrorism goal. Votes: 0

European merchants supply the best weaponry, contributing to their own defeat. Votes: 0

A defeat to a brave man is only a victory deferred. Votes: 0

Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you. Votes: 0

In Success you deserve it and in defeat, you need it. Votes: 0

Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you. Votes: 0

Bravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise. Votes: 0

Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it. Votes: 0

There is only one answer to defeat and that is victory. Votes: 0

Commercial conquest is far more thorough and final than military defeat. Votes: 0

The only way to defeat pain is to recognize pain exists. Votes: 0

New York is not a city to return to in defeat. Votes: 0

I carry my awareness of defeat like a banner of victory. Votes: 0

You cannot defeat your enemies until you know who they are. Votes: 0

ISIS is on its way to defeat but terrorism threat persists. Votes: 0

Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat. Votes: 0

A strong man never loses his head in defeat or despondency. Votes: 0

Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them. Votes: 0

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat. Votes: 0

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides. Votes: 0

Don't beat yourself. That's the worst kind of defeat you'll ever suffer. Votes: 0

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Votes: 0

Always remember the pain of defeat, and never let it happen again. Votes: 0

Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat. Votes: 0

As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. Votes: 0

Democracy will defeat the economist at every turn on its own genre. Votes: 0

There are some timid souls that will never know victory nor defeat. Votes: 0

Success comes from stubborn perseverance and the tenacity not to admit defeat Votes: 0

War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests. Votes: 0

Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure. Votes: 0

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat. Votes: 0

People cannot give up their cause, their rights, for fear of defeat. Votes: 0

Difficulties seldom defeat people; lack of faith in themselves usually does it. Votes: 0

Sometimes you must suffer through something to defeat your fear of it. Votes: 0

The definition of courage is going from defeat to defeat with enthusiasm. Votes: 0

Those who defeat others are strong, those who defeat themselves are mighty. Votes: 0

Fear-filled words will defeat you, but faith-filled words will put you over! Votes: 0

Failure is not defeat. It is the start of lifelong learning adventure. Votes: 0

Allied air power was the greatest single reason for the German defeat. Votes: 0

There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat. Votes: 0

Declare not war against your emotions, or prepare for the inevitable defeat! Votes: 0

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands Votes: 0

Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat him. Votes: 0

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning. Votes: 0

Do not despair. In every defeat are found the seeds of victory. Votes: 0

I take with me the conscience of defeat as a victory banner. Votes: 0

The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own. Votes: 0

In terms of the Richter scale this defeat was a force 8 gale. Votes: 0

You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game. Votes: 0

The heart set to do the Father's will, need never fear defeat. Votes: 0

There was no such thing as defeat if you didn't accept it. Votes: 0

I'm not the type of person to go into depression after defeat. Votes: 0

The experience of the self is always a defeat for the ego. Votes: 0

If the day ever comes when I can swallow defeat, I'll quit. Votes: 0

We cannot accept in victory what we would not accept in defeat. Votes: 0

It is defeat that lives on and takes the years to smother. Votes: 0

And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love. Votes: 0

When satan wants you to cry and you laugh, you defeat him Votes: 0

Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet Votes: 0

A single smile of man is a thousand defeat of the devil! Votes: 0

Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet. Votes: 0

We shall then defeat the whole lot of them in one go! Votes: 0

Be as a lion in the path. Be dangerous even in defeat. Votes: 0

How can one call that a defeat? There is no such thing. Votes: 0

I can't defeat anyone except my past and transcend to be better. Votes: 0

Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy. Votes: 0

Opportunity...it often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat. Votes: 0

A defeat for ISIS in Iraq will be defeat for ISIS in Syria. Votes: 0

Thirst for victory leads to defeat; not tiring of defeat leads to victory. Votes: 0

It isn't defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you. Votes: 0

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary. Votes: 0

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Votes: 0

The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic. Votes: 0

Our comparative fidelity was fear of defeat at the hands of another partner. Votes: 0

Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger. Votes: 0

Crushing defeat for Great Britain #Euref. History will show no one won today. Votes: 0

Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat. Votes: 0

Determination is frequently found in failure, but it is never found in defeat. Votes: 0

Every man has a day in his life when nobody can defeat him. Votes: 0

There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence... Votes: 0

If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education. Votes: 0

For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat. Votes: 0

I don't like to put people in a competition to defeat the other. Votes: 0

Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat. Votes: 0

Trials are not meant to defeat you. They are meant to be defeated. Votes: 0

One can only savor the victory if he has felt the bitter defeat. Votes: 0

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist. Votes: 0

She saw in his eyes defeat of her wild dreams, her mad desires. Votes: 0

Nothing is more certain than the defeat of a man who gives up. Votes: 0

Do not let circumstances defeat you. You can if you think you can. Votes: 0

It is almost as easy to be enervated by triumph as by defeat. Votes: 0

The Keystone Pipeline decision has taken longer than it took us to defeat Hitler Votes: 0

Take a chance and risk it all or play it safe and suffer defeat. Votes: 0

we can not prepare for defeat and expect to live a life in Victory. Votes: 0

Challenging the truth is like playing tennis against the wall! The defeat is inevitable! Votes: 0

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. Votes: 0

We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust. Votes: 0

The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell. Votes: 0

I think you spend 50 percent of your mental energy trying to defeat ad systems. Votes: 0

You little fool. You thought you could defeat the most powerful being on Earth. Votes: 0

Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat. Votes: 0

Greatest victory which we desire, is to defeat truth and Lo! Truth is undefeated Votes: 0

You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat. Votes: 0

Using death to defeat death... wow. No way the devil saw that one coming. Votes: 0

Hate is not a feeling toward another, but a feeling of defeat by another. Votes: 0

What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better. Votes: 0

The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup. Votes: 0

Create new avenues in your life by removing toxic people who defeat your purpose. Votes: 0

Whatever is in me is stronger than what is out there to defeat me. Votes: 0

Any forces that would impose their will on other nations will certainly face defeat. Votes: 0

I had no taste for defeat — much less victory — without a fight. Votes: 0

This [defeat] has taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is. Votes: 0

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat. Votes: 0

War is a dangerous teacher and physical victory leads often to a moral defeat. Votes: 0

I've trained myself to fight an army, so one guy will not defeat me. Votes: 0

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. Votes: 0

Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience. Votes: 0

The only really fatal element in defeat is the resolution not to try again. Votes: 0

Your problems are not there to defeat you, they are there to increase you. Votes: 0

Failure can either be a stepping stone to success or a stumbling to defeat. Votes: 0

An excuse is the most expensive brand of self defeat you will ever purchase. Votes: 0

But the purpose of the book is not the horror, it is horror's defeat. Votes: 0

I am not, nor will I ever be interested in the possibility of defeat. Votes: 0

I think we defeat terrorism by showing them that we do not fear them. Votes: 0

I don't play against any team in particular. I play to fight against defeat. Votes: 0

I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard. Votes: 0

Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. Votes: 0

Condemnation will defeat us but conviction unlocks our faith to face the challenge ahead. Votes: 0

I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system. Votes: 0

You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq. Votes: 0

We will get them stuck in the mud and we will certainly defeat them. Votes: 0

Prayer is the master strategy that Godgives for the defeat and rout of Satan. Votes: 0

All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country. Votes: 0

The most effective way to defeat patriarchy is to defy and disown its self-legitimating narrative. Votes: 0

Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail. Votes: 0

Frederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery. Votes: 0

A person who believes in nonviolence believes in a living God. He cannot accept defeat. Votes: 0

Yes, this is life; and everywhere we meet, Not victor crowns, but wailings of defeat. Votes: 0

If you can accept defeat and open your pay envelope without feeling guilty, you're stealing. Votes: 0

I congratulate the outgoing Nigeria President Mr Goodluck Jonathan for his grace in conceding defeat. Votes: 0

No victory is irreversible, no defeat is definitive. That is what makes life worth living. Votes: 0

It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible. Votes: 0

We're going to achieve our goal. We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL. Votes: 0

Can we not wage a war and emerge victorious against poverty. Let us defeat poverty. Votes: 0

And so the afternoon stretched on, and Ezbon toasted their imminent defeat to the dregs. Votes: 0

Cesare persuaded King Louis to lend him an entire army to defeat me. I'm flattered. Votes: 0

It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil. Votes: 0

When something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. Votes: 0

Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street. Votes: 0

The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan. Votes: 0

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us. Votes: 0

To fight an enemy properly, you have to know what they are. Ignorance is defeat. Votes: 0

If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. Votes: 0

A lack of endurance is one of the greatest causes of defeat, especially in prayer. Votes: 0

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. Votes: 0

I intend to defeat ISIS, to do so in a coalition with majority Muslim nations. Votes: 0

It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself. Votes: 0

Never let the defeat of the past rob you of the success of your future. Votes: 0

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. Votes: 0

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us. Votes: 0

you've got to learn something from every defeat in life or life will defeat you. Votes: 0

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts. Votes: 0

A failure becomes just one time at bat if you refuse to let it defeat you. Votes: 0

Republicans are taking the defeat over Health Care as well as Tiger Woods took to marriage. Votes: 0

The victory's found in truth, like innocence found in youth Self defeat is your own dispute Votes: 0

Life had already given him sufficient reasons for knowing that no defeat was the final one. Votes: 0

The love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker. Votes: 0

Being so closely related to the South, barbecue was part of segregation and helped defeat it. Votes: 0

The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat. Votes: 0

Human nature is the same everywhere; it deifies success, it has nothing but scorn for defeat. Votes: 0

Courage is more important than to be deceived by shallow victory waiting for a delayed defeat. Votes: 0

An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy. Votes: 0

I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat. Votes: 0

There's an Oriental saying I like: "If aggression meets empty space it tends to defeat itself. Votes: 0

Christians know how to face difficulties, trials and defeat with serenity and hope in the Lord. Votes: 0

If Shaytan(Demon) defeated me yesterday, I will defeat him today with repentance and good deeds Votes: 0

Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat. Votes: 0

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion. Votes: 0

Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual. Votes: 0

I always want to defeat supervillains - it's just the chicken-and-broccoli diet that I'm not into. Votes: 0

It is only the darkness in our own hearts that will defeat us, in the end. Votes: 0

Don't overestimate your emotions because emotional injuries can disturb you but it can not defeat you. Votes: 0

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success. Votes: 0

We shall experience the final defeat of liberalism not when immigration but when emigration is forbidden Votes: 0

Accepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin. Votes: 0

It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within. Votes: 0

I am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me. Votes: 0

I would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life. Votes: 0

History may defeat the Christ but it nevertheless points to him as the law of life. Votes: 0

We find the light only after total defeat of our attempts to deceive and outwit it. Votes: 0

One man alone can't defeat the forces of evil, but many good people coming together can. Votes: 0

People of the world, unite and defeat the U.S. aggressors and all their running dogs! Votes: 0

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat. Votes: 0

It is not defeat that destroys you,it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you. Votes: 0

The man who can accept defeat and take his salary without feeling guilty is a thief. Votes: 0

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. Votes: 0

If the Gospels were truly the pattern of God’s activity, then defeat was only the beginning. Votes: 0

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. Votes: 0

I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed. Votes: 0

In order to defeat our challengers and rise above every obstacle, we must be able to persevere. Votes: 0

Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us. Votes: 0

Mobilizing the love of life is the only force that can defeat the love for the dead. Votes: 0

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. Votes: 0

If you're humble in defeat, everyone may still kick you, but they won't kick you as much. Votes: 0

Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you. Votes: 0

I bring out the worst in my enemies and that's how I get them to defeat themselves. Votes: 0

It is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the lie! Votes: 0

Be the first to seek to bring good, do not grow accustomed to evil, but defeat it. Votes: 0

A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. Votes: 0

We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression. Votes: 0

Make peace with the fear of defeat... Fear holds you back from putting forth your best performance. Votes: 0

President Obama is going to have to run against himself. In tough times, nobody can defeat himself. Votes: 0

The only path to the final defeat of imperialism and the building of socialism is revolutionary war. Votes: 0

Sin turns ugly and is subject to defeat only when seen in the light of Christ's beauty. Votes: 0

Thinking faith thoughts, and speaking faith words, will lead the heart out of defeat and into victory. Votes: 0

I don't care what problem you face; it has no power to defeat the cross of Christ. Votes: 0

Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants. Votes: 0

You may glory in a team triumphant... But you fall in love with a team in defeat. Votes: 0

Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat. Votes: 0

Mix me with violence, blend me with peace, Combine me with hate, and I can't face defeat. Votes: 0

If Satan can defeat you in your thoughts then he can defeat you anywhere else as well, Votes: 0

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival. Votes: 0

To conquer the command in the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat. Votes: 0

Winning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field. Votes: 0

What is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power? Votes: 0

Victory and defeat are but ordinary events in a soldier's career, and why should you give up? Votes: 0

The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat. Votes: 0

I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. Votes: 0

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous. Votes: 0

The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world. Votes: 0

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat. Votes: 0

France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat. Votes: 0

And remember that within every lie, there is a truth hidden. Know the truth to defeat the lie. Votes: 0

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it. Votes: 0

I must try to hide my emotions. I have to live with both the victory and the defeat. Votes: 0

The Republicans know very well how to lose, and they know how to be very civil in defeat. Votes: 0

If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting. Votes: 0

Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it. Votes: 0

The Republicans know very well how to lose, and they know how to be very civil in defeat. Votes: 0

Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that. Votes: 0

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat. Votes: 0

The defeat of your enemy lies within the peace of your heart and the humbleness of your thoughts. Votes: 0

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. Votes: 0

Life here with the things of the earth is a sinking, a defeat, a failing of the wing. Votes: 0

In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement. Votes: 0

To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat. Votes: 0

It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat. I have truth on my side, you only have deceit. Votes: 0

Doing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat. Votes: 0

It's always an uphill battle to defeat a Supreme Court nominee, but this is a fight worth having. Votes: 0

I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve. Votes: 0

The scale of the ISIS threat is not yet matched by a clarity of approach for securing their defeat. Votes: 0

It's like a cockroach working up a plan to defeat the shoe on its way down to crush it. Votes: 0

The crucifix does not signify defeat or failure. It reveals to us the Love that overcomes evil and sin. Votes: 0

The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee. Votes: 0

To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle and lose the war, Votes: 0

I like to go full bore into something. If you have a backup plan, then you've already admitted defeat. Votes: 0

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat. Votes: 0

Find a victory in every defeat to remain hopeful and find a defeat in every victory to remain humble. Votes: 0

You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed. Votes: 0

By night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two together in their sleep will defeat the darkness Votes: 0

If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat. Votes: 0

I'm ready when you are, Lucan." "Okay," he said, shaking his head in defeat. "Let's go get our boy. Votes: 0

The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant. Votes: 0

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat. Votes: 0

If you cannot put the ego on the side you cannot succeed in love, period. Therefore love must defeat it. Votes: 0

Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death. Votes: 0

Every soldier knows this simple fact: If you don't know your enemy, you will not be able to defeat him, Votes: 0

I see for Nature no defeat In one tree's overthrow Or for myself in my retreat For yet another blow. Votes: 0

This is the moment of your defeat; you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism. Votes: 0

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause. Votes: 0

We have to defeat ISIS. We have to make certain that we destroy them and that we push them back. Votes: 0

Exile, for no other motive than ease, would be the last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it. Votes: 0

If you do the best you can, you have nothing to be ashamed of. A defeat is not a disgrace. Votes: 0

The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat. Votes: 0

If we are a good team and know what we want to do, one of us can defeat ten of them. Votes: 0

The blues he sends to meet me, won't defeat me. It won't be long til happiness steps up to greet me. Votes: 0

sometime life is full of joy,and sometime life is full of pain and tears but we have to defeat it Votes: 0

some of us have so much defeat in our past that we feel we lost the race before we knew it started. Votes: 0

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object. Votes: 0

God loves you just the way you are. But He loves you too much to leave you stuck in a state of defeat Votes: 0