Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus. Votes: 4
Robert SouthThe greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. Votes: 4
Robert Green IngersollDefeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. Votes: 4
George Edward WoodberryPeople aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within. Votes: 3
Banana YoshimotoIn War: Resolution,In Defeat: Defiance,In Victory: MagnaminityIn Peace: Good Will. Votes: 3
Winston S. ChurchillDefeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus Votes: 3
Robert SoutheyIn War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnaminity In Peace: Good Will. Votes: 3
Winston ChurchillDefeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. Votes: 3
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyDefeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility. Votes: 3
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyDefeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting. Votes: 3
Shirley ChisholmDefeat in this world is no disgrace if you fought well and fought for the right thing. Votes: 3
Katherine Anne PorterDefeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice. Votes: 3
Paulo CoelhoDefeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honor of losing and the joy of winning. Votes: 3
Paulo CoelhoDefeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. Votes: 3
Bruce LeeOpportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Votes: 2
Napoleon HillThere are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry. Votes: 2
George Armstrong CusterYou've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. Votes: 2
Richard M. NixonWhat is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better. Votes: 2
Wendell PhillipsIf you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. Votes: 2
Simone de BeauvoirWe should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us. Votes: 2
A. P. J. Abdul KalamI will not lose, for even in defeat/There's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me Votes: 2
Jay-ZThere could be no honor in sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat Votes: 1
T. E. LawrenceBravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyWashington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides. Votes: 0
Albert Bushnell HartEnter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Votes: 0
Paul J. MeyerSuccess comes from stubborn perseverance and the tenacity not to admit defeat Votes: 0
Kim Hyun-joongRemember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure. Votes: 0
Napoleon HillTime is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat. Votes: 0
Horatio NelsonPeople cannot give up their cause, their rights, for fear of defeat. Votes: 0
Velupillai PrabhakaranDifficulties seldom defeat people; lack of faith in themselves usually does it. Votes: 0
John C. MaxwellThe definition of courage is going from defeat to defeat with enthusiasm. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillDeclare not war against your emotions, or prepare for the inevitable defeat! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanPatronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy. Votes: 0
Dwight D. EisenhowerOpportunity...it often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat. Votes: 0
Napoleon HillVictory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiNoble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger. Votes: 0
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowCrushing defeat for Great Britain #Euref. History will show no one won today. Votes: 0
David MilibandThere is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence... Votes: 0
SocratesThe Keystone Pipeline decision has taken longer than it took us to defeat Hitler Votes: 0
Heidi HeitkampChallenging the truth is like playing tennis against the wall! The defeat is inevitable! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanTo be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. Votes: 0
Beverley NicholsWe are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell. Votes: 0
Michael JosephsonYou little fool. You thought you could defeat the most powerful being on Earth. Votes: 0
Walt DisneyVictory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillGreatest victory which we desire, is to defeat truth and Lo! Truth is undefeated Votes: 0
Aftab AlamWhat is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better. Votes: 0
Wendell PhillipsThe opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup. Votes: 0
Mikhail GorbachevCreate new avenues in your life by removing toxic people who defeat your purpose. Votes: 0
Amaka Imani NkosazanaAny forces that would impose their will on other nations will certainly face defeat. Votes: 0
Vo Nguyen GiapBefore Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillWar is a dangerous teacher and physical victory leads often to a moral defeat. Votes: 0
Sri AurobindoThe goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. Votes: 0
Russell BakerVictory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience. Votes: 0
Watchman NeeThe only really fatal element in defeat is the resolution not to try again. Votes: 0
John Henry JowettAn excuse is the most expensive brand of self defeat you will ever purchase. Votes: 0
Johnnie Dent Jr.Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. Votes: 0
Paulo CoelhoCondemnation will defeat us but conviction unlocks our faith to face the challenge ahead. Votes: 0
BhavyaYou don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq. Votes: 0
Barack ObamaWe will get them stuck in the mud and we will certainly defeat them. Votes: 0
Mohammed Saeed al-SahafPrayer is the master strategy that Godgives for the defeat and rout of Satan. Votes: 0
Wesley L DuewelAll Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country. Votes: 0
Ahmed ChalabiThe most effective way to defeat patriarchy is to defy and disown its self-legitimating narrative. Votes: 0
John Lamb LashDespair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauFrederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery. Votes: 0
Juan WilliamsA person who believes in nonviolence believes in a living God. He cannot accept defeat. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiYes, this is life; and everywhere we meet, Not victor crowns, but wailings of defeat. Votes: 0
Elizabeth Oakes SmithIf you can accept defeat and open your pay envelope without feeling guilty, you're stealing. Votes: 0
George AllenNo victory is irreversible, no defeat is definitive. That is what makes life worth living. Votes: 0
Leszek KolakowskiIt is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible. Votes: 0
Henry Ward BeecherWe're going to achieve our goal. We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL. Votes: 0
Barack ObamaCan we not wage a war and emerge victorious against poverty. Let us defeat poverty. Votes: 0
Narendra ModiAnd so the afternoon stretched on, and Ezbon toasted their imminent defeat to the dregs. Votes: 0
C.N. FaustCesare persuaded King Louis to lend him an entire army to defeat me. I'm flattered. Votes: 0
Bartolomeo d'AlvianoIt is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil. Votes: 0
Peter KreeftWhen something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. Votes: 0
Rosalind RussellFailure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street. Votes: 0
William Arthur WardThe victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan. Votes: 0
Honore de BalzacIf they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. Votes: 0
Oscar WildeA lack of endurance is one of the greatest causes of defeat, especially in prayer. Votes: 0
Dutch SheetsI intend to defeat ISIS, to do so in a coalition with majority Muslim nations. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonIt's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself. Votes: 0
Floyd PattersonBack of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. Votes: 0
Carl SandburgOne of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us. Votes: 0
Mary Kay Ashyou've got to learn something from every defeat in life or life will defeat you. Votes: 0
Virginia C. AndrewsBut I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts. Votes: 0
Daisaku IkedaRepublicans are taking the defeat over Health Care as well as Tiger Woods took to marriage. Votes: 0
Bill MaherThe victory's found in truth, like innocence found in youth Self defeat is your own dispute Votes: 0
Damian MarleyLife had already given him sufficient reasons for knowing that no defeat was the final one. Votes: 0
Gabriel Garcia MarquezThe love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker. Votes: 0
Criss JamiBeing so closely related to the South, barbecue was part of segregation and helped defeat it. Votes: 0
Bobby SealeThe virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat. Votes: 0
A.J. CroninHuman nature is the same everywhere; it deifies success, it has nothing but scorn for defeat. Votes: 0
Mark TwainCourage is more important than to be deceived by shallow victory waiting for a delayed defeat. Votes: 0
Dejan StojanovicAn army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy. Votes: 0
Mao ZedongI learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat. Votes: 0
Darrell RoyalThere's an Oriental saying I like: "If aggression meets empty space it tends to defeat itself. Votes: 0
Matthew ReillyChristians know how to face difficulties, trials and defeat with serenity and hope in the Lord. Votes: 0
Pope FrancisIf Shaytan(Demon) defeated me yesterday, I will defeat him today with repentance and good deeds Votes: 0
Sufyan al-ThawriAlways have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat. Votes: 0
Arthur AsheReason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion. Votes: 0
Baruch SpinozaLove is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.I always want to defeat supervillains - it's just the chicken-and-broccoli diet that I'm not into. Votes: 0
Amy AdamsYou become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteAccepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin. Votes: 0
Jay SamitIt is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within. Votes: 0
Eiji YoshikawaI am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me. Votes: 0
Carrie FisherI would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life. Votes: 0
Morris GleitzmanHistory may defeat the Christ but it nevertheless points to him as the law of life. Votes: 0
Reinhold NiebuhrWe find the light only after total defeat of our attempts to deceive and outwit it. Votes: 0
Vernon HowardOne man alone can't defeat the forces of evil, but many good people coming together can. Votes: 0
Harold S. KushnerPeople of the world, unite and defeat the U.S. aggressors and all their running dogs! Votes: 0
Mao ZedongOnce you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat. Votes: 0
Jean-Paul SartreIt is not defeat that destroys you,it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you. Votes: 0
Imran KhanThe man who can accept defeat and take his salary without feeling guilty is a thief. Votes: 0
George AllenNot in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. Votes: 0
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowIf the Gospels were truly the pattern of Godâs activity, then defeat was only the beginning. Votes: 0
Corrie Ten BoomEven though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. Votes: 0
Phil OchsI am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed. Votes: 0
Gary LinekerIn order to defeat our challengers and rise above every obstacle, we must be able to persevere. Votes: 0
Ellen J. BarrierTragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us. Votes: 0
Izzeldin AbuelaishMobilizing the love of life is the only force that can defeat the love for the dead. Votes: 0
Erich FrommThe problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillIf you're humble in defeat, everyone may still kick you, but they won't kick you as much. Votes: 0
Forrest GriffinNext to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you. Votes: 0
Henry Ward BeecherI bring out the worst in my enemies and that's how I get them to defeat themselves. Votes: 0
Roy CohnIt is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the lie! Votes: 0
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynBe the first to seek to bring good, do not grow accustomed to evil, but defeat it. Votes: 0
Pope FrancisA real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. Votes: 0
Yamamoto TsunetomoWe can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression. Votes: 0
Jurgen KlinsmannMake peace with the fear of defeat... Fear holds you back from putting forth your best performance. Votes: 0
Brian StannPresident Obama is going to have to run against himself. In tough times, nobody can defeat himself. Votes: 0
William J. ClintonThe only path to the final defeat of imperialism and the building of socialism is revolutionary war. Votes: 0
Bill AyersSin turns ugly and is subject to defeat only when seen in the light of Christ's beauty. Votes: 0
Sam StormsI don't care what problem you face; it has no power to defeat the cross of Christ. Votes: 0
Jay E. AdamsSweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants. Votes: 0
Karl LagerfeldYou may glory in a team triumphant... But you fall in love with a team in defeat. Votes: 0
Roger KahnEveryone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat. Votes: 0
Bruce LeeMix me with violence, blend me with peace, Combine me with hate, and I can't face defeat. Votes: 0
Puff DaddyIf Satan can defeat you in your thoughts then he can defeat you anywhere else as well, Votes: 0
Joyce MeyerEmpires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival. Votes: 0
John Boyd OrrTo conquer the command in the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat. Votes: 0
Giulio DouhetWinning isn't enough. The acme of all skill is to defeat your enemy before taking the field. Votes: 0
Sun TzuWhat is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power? Votes: 0
Ameen RihaniVictory and defeat are but ordinary events in a soldier's career, and why should you give up? Votes: 0
Luo GuanzhongThe allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteI must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. Votes: 0
Yann MartelThere could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat. Votes: 0
Ann LandersAnd remember that within every lie, there is a truth hidden. Know the truth to defeat the lie. Votes: 0
T.A. MilesI must try to hide my emotions. I have to live with both the victory and the defeat. Votes: 0
Jose MourinhoThe Republicans know very well how to lose, and they know how to be very civil in defeat. Votes: 0
Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodIf you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting. Votes: 0
Dick VermeilNon-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it. Votes: 0
Cesar ChavezThe Republicans know very well how to lose, and they know how to be very civil in defeat. Votes: 0
Rush LimbaughOnly true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that. Votes: 0
Alex FergusonHe had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat. Votes: 0
John SteinbeckThe defeat of your enemy lies within the peace of your heart and the humbleness of your thoughts. Votes: 0
Auliq IceIf you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. Votes: 0
Sun TzuLife here with the things of the earth is a sinking, a defeat, a failing of the wing. Votes: 0
PlotinusIn the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement. Votes: 0
Paulo CoelhoTo be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat. Votes: 0
Jozef PilsudskiIt takes more strength to cry, admit defeat. I have truth on my side, you only have deceit. Votes: 0
Madonna CicconeDoing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat. Votes: 0
John WoodenIt's always an uphill battle to defeat a Supreme Court nominee, but this is a fight worth having. Votes: 0
Kim GandyI don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve. Votes: 0
Phil GrammThe scale of the ISIS threat is not yet matched by a clarity of approach for securing their defeat. Votes: 0
Douglas AlexanderIt's like a cockroach working up a plan to defeat the shoe on its way down to crush it. Votes: 0
Rick YanceyTo defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle and lose the war, Votes: 0
Benjamin NetanyahuBy night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two together in their sleep will defeat the darkness Votes: 0
Pablo NerudaIf I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat. Votes: 0
Martha GellhornI'm ready when you are, Lucan." "Okay," he said, shaking his head in defeat. "Let's go get our boy. Votes: 0
Tina St. JohnThe general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant. Votes: 0
ConfuciusA wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat. Votes: 0
Louis L'AmourI see for Nature no defeat In one tree's overthrow Or for myself in my retreat For yet another blow. Votes: 0
Robert FrostThis is the moment of your defeat; you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism. Votes: 0
Lech WalesaDo not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause. Votes: 0
Henry Ward BeecherWe have to defeat ISIS. We have to make certain that we destroy them and that we push them back. Votes: 0
Marsha BlackburnIf you do the best you can, you have nothing to be ashamed of. A defeat is not a disgrace. Votes: 0
Dirk NowitzkiIf we are a good team and know what we want to do, one of us can defeat ten of them. Votes: 0
Jack MaThe blues he sends to meet me, won't defeat me. It won't be long til happiness steps up to greet me. Votes: 0
B. J. Thomassometime life is full of joy,and sometime life is full of pain and tears but we have to defeat it Votes: 0
Meena Khansome of us have so much defeat in our past that we feel we lost the race before we knew it started. Votes: 0
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