Best 587 quotes in «defeat quotes» category

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat.

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

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.

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

To surprise the enemy is to defeat him.

Trump has a pretty remarkable ability, going back to when he was in business, to reframe defeats as wins. So he had four business bankruptcies and he found a way to say that those are actually wins for him.

Trials, obstacles, difficulties and sometimes defeats, are the very food of faith.

True moral elegance consists in the art of disguising one's victories as defeats.

War is a defeat for humanity.

Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one.

Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas.

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

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

War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests.

Victory brings obliviousness; defeat, attentiveness.

Victory is a good wine; defeat is a good university!

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

We are not putting ground troops into Iraq ever again. And we're not putting ground troops into Syria. We're going to defeat ISIS without committing American ground troops.

We all have unfair situations and things we don't like. You can get bitter, discouraged and sour, or you can see it as fertilizer and say, “ This difficulty is not going to defeat me; it's going to promote me. It's not going to hinder me; it's going to help me.” Don't just go through it, grow through it.

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

We all know them — the unstructured person whose every action seems aimless and the totally organized person whose every action defeats some purpose.

We always learn more from the losing than the winning.

We have beaten the living, but we cannot fight the dead.

We attack not only to hurt someone, to defeat him, but perhaps also simply to become conscious of our own strength.

We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis.

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

We cannot bank our hopes on possibilities. We must put our trust in ourselves, in our capabilities and efforts and strength and preparations not only for our success but even to avoid our own defeat.