Best 587 quotes in «defeat quotes» category

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.

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

The devil has been defeated, stop trying to defeat him. What we have left is the fight of faith, and it's a good fight!

The evasion of responsibility is the major cause of most peoples frustrations and defeats.

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

the face of victory often resembles the face of defeat.

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

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst, there is that in us which can turn defeat into victory.

The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor acts upon it, will suffer defeat: - let such a one be dismissed!

The greatest measure of a human being isn't how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes.

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

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

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

The greatest victory is defeat.

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

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

The method of nonviolence seeks not to humiliate and not to defeat the oppressor, but it seeks to win his friendship and his understanding. And thereby and therefore the aftermath of this method is reconciliation.

The most painful thing to experience is not defeat but regret

The presence of even a single poor child on the street means a million defeats for mankind.

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

There is no defeat unless one loses God, and then all is defeat, though it be housed in castles and buried in fortunes.

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

There is a vast difference between failure and temporary defeat.

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

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

There is only one answer to defeat and that is victory.

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

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

There’s an Oriental saying I like: “If aggression meets empty space it tends to defeat itself.

The stench of human wreckage in which the Nazi regime finally sank down to defeat has been the most shocking fact of modern times.

The unspoken word never defeats one. What one does not say does not have to be explained.

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

The use of EU summits to frame political victories or defeats is an annoying habit.

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.

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.

The word "no" denotes a shutting of the door. It means failure, defeat, delay. But spell in backwards and take new hope, for backwards it spells "on.

Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.

The work of bestial degradation, begun by the victorious Germans, had been carried to its conclusion by the Germans in defeat.

Those who committed these cowardly acts may believe that they have shaken our resolve to defeat terrorism. They could not be more wrong.

Thirst for victory leads to defeat; not tiring of defeat leads to victory.

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

This is my number one priority. I've got a lot of things on my plate. But my top priority is to defeat ISIL and to eliminate the scourge of this barbaric terrorism that's been taking place around the world. Groups like ISIL can't destroy us. They can't defeat us. They don't produce anything. They're not an existential threat to us. It is very important for us to not respond with fear.

Those who defeat others are strong, those who defeat themselves are mighty.

Those who disagree with the dictator's plan have no other means to carry on than to defeat the despot by force of arms.

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

Throughout history many nations have suffered a physical defeat, but that has never marked the end of a nation. But when a nation has become the victim of a psychological defeat, then that marks the end of a nation.

To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory.

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

Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them.

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.